Green Rocks

The Christian Science Monitor writes about the growing trend of environmentally conscious rock bands and tours in Friday's edition:

The 51-date Warped Tour, which ends Sunday, is being transported, in part, on biodiesel fuel, a mixture of soybean oil and diesel. Last October, producer Kevin Lyman committed to running the tour's 19 trucks and 17 buses on the fuel, which, he says, "uses 20 percent less of a nonrenewable product. That's a huge start. It runs cleaner. We're finding the trucks have more horsepower and some of the bus drivers are saying they're getting a mile more per gallon."

The tour's caterers have even eschewed paper plates in favor of using real dishes and that most indispensable of recycling devices: the dishwasher, saving an estimated 81,000 paper plates.

"I'm trying to make a statement," adds Mr. Lyman. "We need to start to thinking along these paths if we're going to continue to have a livelihood. It's not going to run out overnight, but it is time for fuel alternatives."

Read the entire article here.