Now Appearing on Local Stages: Willie Nelson and Austin Biofuels
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
 Willie fuels up his tour bus with his own "BioWillie" fuel, a soy-based diesel.
photo by Paul Galland
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Austin music icon
Willie Nelson has entered the alternative-fuels arena, with the introduction last week of his new partnership,
Willie Nelson Biodiesel (aka
"BioWillie"), which plans to market the soy-based fuel at truck stops and convenience stores statewide and beyond. Country music's grandaddy of progressivism, a longtime champion of American agriculture, said he hopes his efforts will "put five million farmers back on the land growing fuel and keep us from having to start wars for oil." But the interest in alternative fuels is more than just a...
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http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2005-01-28/pols_feature6.html
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