have you tried Bentley Biofuels? they were supplying biodiesel to camps at the event last year.

that's very close to what we're doing.

we're arranging to get water significantly closer to BRC than Seattle because, you're right, hauling all that water over 2 mountain ranges is a slightly absurd use of resources.

good questions! can you email them to me? [email protected]

my camp already offers that service to Seattle area Burners. it's work, but it's a lot less than a metric ton of work. you have a trailer that you think will fit 100 bikes??? thing must be HUGE. we've got an 8' x 20' trailer for the bikes and our capacity is 50 MAX. message me offlist if you want in...

i'm working on a parallel service for the Seattle burner community. trying to decrease the number of gallons hauled 700 miles over 2 mountain passes :shock: . in talking with a friend from Boston (let's call him Larry) that gets potable water delivered to his RV, Larry had this to say: 1. arrange in...

i posted a long response under the last thread, the seattle shipping service thread: http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=24698 i know badger caught it. maybe i should have put it here? we're not using a container or a full commercial trailer. we rent a truck. there's about 500 cu. ft. of sp...

oh. is that what i've been doing wrong?

[b]regarding the truck:[/b] we use the largest rental truck you can drive without a CLD. unfortunately, no one in the camp has the resources to own a vehicle large enough for this kind of project, nor a place to store/maintain such a vehicle. and none of us has a CDL. [b]regarding revenue:[/b] we ha...

We're BurnGreen Express. We're a bunch of (mostly) Seattle-area burners committed to providing biodiesel shipping services for our community to and from Black Rock City. We provided shipping services to our community in 2007 and this year we're doing it again. It's our belief that by encouraging our...

There seems to be a dearth of available info on this event. Unfortunate that it's a bit last-minute at this point, but better than not at all. The Newbie Picnic is coming up on SUNDAY JULY 6 (noon - ???). For those of you who are in fact [i]Newbies[/i] to this whole crazy Burning Man thing, this is ...

I think our world is due for a new high-profile cross dresser.

Can we peition the DNC about that?

It's true.
I have a deep and profound prejudice against fat people.
And conservative christians.

I also hate tomatoes.

"... running around butt ass naked, doing any and all sorts of drugs from soft drugs to the hard core shit, have sex and orgies in the open and have places open that you can flog people for pleasure, ride mechanical toys for orgasms, sorry that is not everyday reality, ..." 1. If you're not naked da...

I'm wondering what kind of narrow-minded obese makes the statement:

"<<insert experience here>> is not real life"

Fielding a couple inqueries on Chapped Lips and Dry Skin: Boudreaux's Butt Paste http://www.buttpaste.com No kidding. The hospital I used to work at got a bunch of samples. It was originally formulated for diaper rash. (I'm told it works wonders between the skin folds of obese patients, but I digres...

1. DO NOT USE METAL GROMMETS ON ALUMINET It's a loosely woven fabric (MUCH looser than standard shade cloth or load cover cloth) and the metal grommets won't hold. The clip grommets work very very well. We spaced them about every 18 inches. 2. Hemming and seaming will give you a cleaner edge, but it...

There's countless cheap, quick, easy ways to survive a strenuous, energetic week on the playa. But I didn't go to prove I could survive, I went to have an amazing time. For me, that includes having amazing food. With only a little more thought and prep, you can do a HELL of a lot better for yourself...

Two thumbs up from me! HIGHLY recommend Aluminet. Held up without a flinch in last year's wind. Nice light permeation during the day and easily 10 degrees cooler under our struture than neighboring stuctures. Most shade cloth sites also offer clip-on grommets. I recommend those as well. They get bet...

Talc = BAD Corn Starch = GOOD (On authority from a beautiful, 5'2" 275lb chef: "You don't know what sweat is til' you're on the hot line in August.") Gold Bond is a whole different barrel of lettuce. Gillette just released a new VIBRATING Mach 3. (Oooo!) And I hear there's a great product called 'Wo...

Austin Minnesota: [i]The Spam Museum[/i] Also to be found on I-90 in the Minnesota/South Dakota regions: [i]The Corn Palace[/i] and a four story statue of [i]The Jolly Green Giant[/i] And if you go through South Dakota and don't see the Badlands, you missed [i]everything[/i]. Rushmore is LAME in com...

Thanks for the lead on Yellow Solar Seed! I shot them an email. Who knows what will come of it. I looked at electrical conduit before. Yes, it's expensive. But my problem is more with the weight. Which brings me back to bamboo. If I can make it work, it sounds like the perfect material for the job. ...

I thought of PVC, but it's a little too heavy and bulky.

The Desert Dome site was a great inspiration for the design.

Maybe I should be calling this a Yurt?

I'm a virgin (who searched and couldn't find a "Structures" thread??) building a shade structure. Basic design so far: Hexagonal bamboo roof frame (6 equilateral horizontal triangles), shade cloth roof covering, standing on straight vertical legs at the perimeter corners and one center pole. I'm con...

"...would like to thank everyone who responded for making me think. i just shot out an e-mail without thinking about the wider audience and how such an e-mail might impact burningman as a whole ... burningman is about individual free expression ... but at the same time to remember that your acts ......

For a moment, I almost thought I had found a useful string. Holy crap. What a waste. I mean, can you just take a second to think of how many people are hoping for an honest perspective of how lenient law enforcement is at this event? Dozens? Hundreds? Thousands? What a great question! What a fantast...

Let me start by saying that I'm certainly no professional on the topic of satellite technology. But I know a little bit of physics. My understanding is that the idea of satellites reading car license plates or newspaper headlines is almost entirely pop-culture bunk. Movie science. An intriguing idea...