Animal Fat-Based G-Oil Named Official Motor Oil For American Le Mans Series

Published March 27, 2009

More Stories On: Innovation

Green Earth Technologies' G-Oil, which is based on animal fat instead of petrochemicals, has been named the official motor oil for the American Le Mans Series, and race organizers expect some race participants to start using the oil.

Under the terms of a two-year contract, G-Oil will be used in all of the official safety trucks for the American Le Mans Series, and the oil's logo will be featured prominently during races.

The American Le Mans Series has already taken steps to green up racing, requiring participants to use one of four alternative fuels also available to consumers: clean sulfur-free diesel, E10, cellulosic E85 or gas-electric hybrid.

The Series also includes what is now known as the Michelin Green X Challenge, which awards teams based on fuel efficiency and environmental impact during the race.

Earlier this month Green Earth Technologies announced its G-Oil 5W-30 passed the American Petroleum Institute's certification tests, meeting performance requirements set by the group, and letting it use the Institute's certification logo on its packaging.

Green Earth Technologies plans to roll out G-Oil 5W-30 in bulk and quart sizes in the coming months. The company also plans to finalize the testing and certification for 10W-30 and 5W-20 by this summer. G-Oil has been available in 2-Cycle, 4-Cycle and Bar & Chain for Outdoor Power Equipment versions since May 2008.

Matt
Me2everyone

Wow

Anonymous, March 28, 2009 - 11:28

Dude that is like way cool!

RT
www.privacy.at.tc

New Report Aims to Simplify Purchasing Green Building Products Given the range of different green building products on the market, and the broad spectrum of programs to certify them, a new tool from Air Quality Sciences compares and contrasts eight of the biggest first-, second- and third-party certifications....	Climate Savers Show How to Grow Businesses While Cutting GHGs Twenty-one of some the world’s best known companies intend to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by a collective 50 million tons by 2010 as part of the World Wildlife Fund’s Climate Savers program. They'll save millions in the process....
Executives Lay out the Ten Challenges to Green Corporate Travel At the end of the first-ever Green Travel Summit, a group of executives exploring in the environmental impact of corporate travel identified the biggest obstacles to traveling smarter, and less often....	'Meeting' Doesn't Have to Be A Dirty Word With the limits put on luxury expenditures, meetings and events by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, companies receiving funds under TARP must now have policies on entertainment, air flight and "activities or events that are not reasonable expenditures for the staff development, reasonable performance incentives" and the like. A rather reasonable requirement actually. The problem is it's created an impression that all meetings are excessive and unnecessary. Not true, writes Amy Spatrisano....
California's New Draft CEQA Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions The guidelines will help developers and local governments determine if greenhouse gas emissions generated by new projects will have a "significant impact" on the environment, and whether project developers must reduce any such impacts....	P&G Doubles 2012 Green Goals The Procter and Gamble Co. intends to double its original per-unit reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions, waste generation and water and energy consumption. It also aims to sell $50 billion in products with smaller environmental footprints....
Maxell, Perf Go Green Launch Green Battery Products After a three-year hiatus, Maxell will soon offer a line of rechargeable alkaline batteries, while Perf Go Green Holdings' new PerfPower batteries are lead-, mercury- and cadmium-free and include free recycling....	Renewable Energy Generation Climbs in 2008, Fossil Fuels Dip Renewable energy from non-hydroelectric sources increased more than 17 percent in 2008 compared to the year before even as generation from coal and fossil fuels declined, according to new figures released this week by the Energy Information Administration....

Alternative content

Animal Fat-Based G-Oil Named Official Motor Oil For American Le Mans Series

Answers

Questions

Good to See This Trend

Wow

Register for GreenBiz Events

Alternative content

News

Animal Fat-Based G-Oil Named Official Motor Oil For American Le Mans Series

Answers

Questions

Good to See This Trend

Wow

Register for GreenBiz Events