|
|
Article: STUDENTS PLAN GAS-FREE TRIP
- Article from:
- Dayton Daily News
- Article date:
- May 1, 2003
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2003 Dayton Daily News. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Pair to bike, drive across country to plug renewable fuel
YELLOW SPRINGS - On Saturday, Ben Gillock and Bianca Socopi-
Belknap, students at Antioch College, will leave for a summer road
trip that will take them more than 8,000 miles, through 32 states and
hundreds of communities - all without using a drop of gasoline.
The pair hope that in the course of their journey, they won't have
to stop at a gas station even once, although they may stop at more
than the usual number of restaurants on the way.
The two plan to cross the country twice - once on their bikes and
once in their 1982 VW Rabbit diesel pick-up truck, which is fueled BY
recycled vegetable oil.
"Using renewable fuel is not a new ...