The Biotruck Expedition

Counting Carbon Smoke in the Mirror

Andy Pag — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:25:45 +0000

Some good friends from Portugal are setting off on a similar adventure to the Biotruck. Rita and Leandro are setting off to follow the Green Brick Road in a truck and asked me about the expedition CO2 footprint. The question forced me to face up to the fact I never got a satsifying answer out [...]

Bioplane – Flying on Trash.

Andy Pag — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:03:29 +0000

Well, I’ve been to Timbuktu fuelled by waste chocolate, and I’ve driven around the world powered by waste cooking oil, so where’s left to go? – The sky.

Working with a partner that sponsored the very first Biotruck back in 2007, I’m planning on using fuel made from old plastic bags and thrown-away packaging to power [...]

Moroccan Roll

Andy Pag — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:59:00 +0000

I took a bike ride in Nepal out of the town and off into the villages on a particularly hot dry day. After a few miles I passed a cute german girl by the side of the road. The kind of girl whose beauty wouldn’t normally require her to search for attention. The sort of [...]

Les Descendeurs

Andy Pag — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:20:22 +0000

We all relied on tips to make our jobs as tour guides worthwhile. My then girlfriend called me disgusted to tell me about an American passenger that hadn’t coughed up in the usual way. Instead of the recommended $3/day this septuagenarian had given her some chocolate and a pair of nylon tights.

It seems the [...]

Return to Morocco

Andy Pag — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:47:47 +0000

As the ferry pulled in I could see the spot. Four years ago I was camping there, on the dockside. I’d strung a hammock between the first Biotruck and the container trailers that littered the port. I was held up by customs for 7 days while I got permission to bring my cargo of chocolate [...]

A more efficient philosophy and truck

Andy Pag — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:28:43 +0000

The Biotruck sold. I had two voices in my head. One saying “You can’t sell this truck, it’s your life’s work, your home, the embodiment of your ideals. It’s you”. The other voice, far more pragmatically was shouting, “Snatch the cash out of his hands before he changes his mind, you idiot!”. I took the [...]

The Biotruck is on Ebay

Andy Pag — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:13:27 +0000

I’m trying to sell the Biotruck. Spread the word. Looking for someone who will take it on the road again.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Veg-Oil-powered-Mercedes-Biotruck-Eco-Camper-Recycled-SVO-WVO-Biodiesel-/280788322070?pt=UK_Campers_Caravans_Motorhomes&hash=item416049c716

Unidentified Surfing Object

Andy Pag — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 11:56:03 +0000

There’s UFOs on every street corner here in Southern Spain. I got really into UFOs when I was 10 years old. Not the ones that fly in from outer space. The sherbet filled ones that lived in a jar behind the News Agent, next to the racks of cigarettes. By that age I was aware [...]

Biotruck For Sale: 1 Obsessive Owner.

Andy Pag — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:18:05 +0000

This is your chance to become the owner of this globe trotting, veggie fuelled, made from rubbish truck. The only one of it’s kind, by a long way. Must be seen to be believed.

Pros;

Runs on free fuel. Lately it’s been pretty reliable. Engine, and injection pump all recently rebuilt. New clutch. Brake pads [...]