Mar 26 2008

Renewables - The Latest Diet Craze?

During yesterday's California Ag Day at the Capitol, PG&E joined TV Celebrity Chef Guy Fieri to demonstrate the importance of renewable energy.

Aligning with this year's theme of "Decisions Today will be Impacting Tomorrow," PG&E, Fieri, and 20 "solar students from Plainfield Elementary in Woodland and Evergreen Elementary in Paradise cooked sweet potato fries on PG&E's solar-powered kitchen.

Ag Day Guy Fieri.jpg

The solar ovens were purchased through a Bright Ideas Grant funded by the PG&E Solar Schools Program, a nationally-recognized program for teaching the value of alternative energy. The students use the ovens to bake goods and sell at fundraisers. With the money raised, the students purchase additional solar ovens that are sent to third world countries where they are used as a primary source for cooking.

I didn't personally attend the event, but I heard that the food was great and the atmosphere even better.  I hate to admit it, but I have only watched Guy's show a few times.  Apparently, he's the closest thing that gastronomy has to a rock star. 

This is the second year in a row that PG&E has sponsored the California Ag Day.  In 2007, the company powered the event using biogas made from dairy cow manure. The demonstration, which included a dairy cow and a manure digester, also showed how clean, renewable energy can power our future.

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