{"id":4250,"date":"2009-03-04T13:58:14","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T19:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=4250"},"modified":"2009-03-04T13:58:14","modified_gmt":"2009-03-04T19:58:14","slug":"high-school-senior-promotes-alternative-fuels-with-green-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/high-school-senior-promotes-alternative-fuels-with-green-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Senior Promotes Alternative Fuels with Green Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

I really want to talk to Colin Coon’s parents. I want to know what they did to raise a kid who would take on a project like this. I want to learn from them. I want my boys to learn from Colin.<\/p>\n

Colin Coon is high school senior at New Gate School in Sarasota, Florida. He’s converted a diesel powered vehicle to run on Waste Vegetable Oil and began a two month cross country trip in his Green Machine that he’s named Norm. He wants to show people that alternative fuels work and that anyone can use them.<\/p>\n

He’s also documenting the whole thing on ColinsGreenMachine.com<\/a> with a blog. As of today, Colin is on day four of his trip and on the first three days, he’s done a blog entry at the end of the day. I like the entries because he’s being honest about how it’s going (not always so great) and it’s so obviously written by a teenager. “I look to where the plug goes in to the blcok and sure enough it is arcing and spewing flames and sparks everywhere.\u00a0 Poo.”<\/p>\n

It’s good to know there aren’t any adults trying to polish it all up. This is really his project.<\/p>\n

You can follow Colin’s road trip on his blog, and you can also follow him on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can also check out this YouTube video of Colin meeting Norm. If you look closely, you can catch a glimpse of this kid who wants people to start actually being green instead of just talking about it mirrored in the windows of the car.<\/p>\n

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