We now have a website devoted to our Tibet video project; digitaldharmafilms.org
Its based on the same Wordpress blogging software as this blog, and will provide a dedicated webspace for update about our film projects. We’ve already posted a few video clips which you can watch and comment on. We’ve also installed a forum which we hope will become a ace for discussion about the film. Please check it out!
Tom
DieselMoto - Creativity Driven & Bio-Fueled
Introducing Die Moto, a custom-built performance diesel motorcycle capable of running on diesel, biodiesel, or straight vegetable oil (SVO) fuels. Designed and fabricated at The Crucible by a team of environmentally conscious vehicle enthusiasts, engineers and artisans, the Die Moto is out to prove the viability of alternative fuel technology in performance vehicles. As fuel efficiency and low emissions become increasingly important, diesel technology has responded with improved mileage and easy adaptation to biodiesel and SVO.
The team constructed Die Moto from a BMW motorcycle, replacing the motor with a high performance BMW automotive diesel engine only available in Europe.
Team leader Michael Sturtz, the Founder and Executive Director of The Crucible, has garnered considerable notoriety throughout the country for his wildly original synthesis of art and functionality in everything from vehicles to fire operas. The resulting motorcycle will be a motorized work of art—an automotive engine on a motorcycle chassis encased in a hand-crafted 3/4 aluminum fairing reminiscent of the GP racers, paying homage to the early pioneers of motorcycle daring.
Stay tuned as The Crucible team heads to the world famous Bonneville Salt Flats in 2007 to shatter the existing diesel motorcycle world record and establish new land speed classes for both bio-diesel and straight veggie oil.
Find out more and support the team by clicking here!
Video filming and editing by Tom Sepe. Music by Mark Growden and Random Rab.
Feb-Mar 2004
Hmmm… quite the maiden voyage for the veggie-oil powered suburban.
Mexico is a very large country. Driving across it took far longer than anticipated. And it certainly didn’t help that right before leaving the vehicle was modified to use vegetable oil as fuel… whew!
Read more about the trip & see pictures here.
Brazil is fueling its cars with ethanol made from sugar cane: NY Times Article.
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