Category Archives: Captain’s Blog

After watching the Richmond (VT) parade from the sidelines for the last couple years, I decided it was time for the Solar Bus to participate. Certainly it would be fun, and I was sure I could find a busload of … Continue reading →

Now it’s time to return home to Vermont.  We are hot, tired, hungry, and we all need showers very badly.  If you’ve been reading about our trip to Bonnaroo, you are probably wondering exactly what is Carbon Shredding by now….  … Continue reading →

I was interviewed at the Carbon Shredder’s booth. Here is the video:

Never doubt the power of the sun.  We just drove 1200 miles in 24 hours, all on waste vegetable oil and biodiesel.  Miracles do happen!    We had no problems on the way down.  In fact we had quite a bit … Continue reading →

Well we hit the road within an hour of the scheduled departure time.  Here’s a photo of the launch site. Looking out the side window of the bus, as I lay down after about 12 hours of straight driving.  As … Continue reading →

About 2 years ago, we installed a system that would allow the Solar Bus to run on waste vegetable oil. It worked OK but it had some problems. There was excessive smoke when we ran on “veg” and it seemed … Continue reading →

The Solar Bus was invited to two different events at St. Michael’s college this Spring. The first was an environmentally focused event. The Bus powered the stage with solar energy. There were three or four different bands and it all … Continue reading →

Well folks this marks the first Captain’s blog in quite a while. When the Solar Bus first took “flight” I was keeping a good logbook of where we went and what we did. Then things got crazy and it fell … Continue reading →