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Thursday, September 24, 2009

The documentary, “Fuel,” is opening in Philadelphia on Friday, and just in time to focus the discussion, a vehicle powered by algae-based gasoline, will arrive at Penn. The “Algaeus,” said to be the world’s first plug-in hybrid vehicle to cross the country on fuel containing an algae blend, recently completed a ten-day cross-country tour from San Francisco to New York. It will be at 40th and Locust at 5 p.m.

The car is sponsored by the Veggie Van Organization, whose creator, Josh Tickell, also directed “Fuel.” The film opens Friday at the Ritz at the Bourse. Both the vehicle and the film have been getting a great ride. The film won the audience award for best documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. 

Sorry that I haven’t seen it yet. But it’s described as “a stirring, radical documentary which is a comprehensive and yet oddly entertaining look at energy in America. … an amazing, in-depth, personal journey of oil use and abuse as [Tickell] examines wide-ranging energy solutions other than oil, the faltering US auto and petroleum industries, and the latest stirrings of the American mindset toward alternative energy (versus the advanced European commitment to ending its oil dependence altogether).”

There’s scientific data, history and personal narrative. “And like any good narrative, it has intrigue, conspiracy, greed – and murder,” the PR honchos say.

The car’s website is www.veggievan.org

The film’s website is www.thefuelfilm.com
 

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Sandy Bauers is the environment reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, where she has worked for more than 20 years as a reporter and editor. She lives in northern Chester County with her husband, two cats, a large vegetable garden and a flock of pet chickens.

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