About the authors
Jon Starbuck (Machynlleth, Wales) is a freelance renewable energy engineer and technical author currently living in San Francisco. He makes his own biodiesel and has converted many vehicles to run on his cleaned up chip-shop oil. He teaches courses on the subjects of renewable energy, vegetable oil and biodiesel. He holds a BSc. in Physics from the University of Kent at Canterbury (UK) and is currently pursuing an MSc. in Renewable Energy Systems Technology at Loughborough University (UK). He lived, worked and taught at the Centre For Alternative Technology for five years. He is always making something. This is his first book.
www.jonstarbuck.co.uk
Gavin D. J. Harper (Essex, UK) is author of 50 Awesome Auto Projects for the Evil Genius, Build Your Own Car PC, 50 Model Rocket Projects for the Evil Genius & Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius. He has just completed a BSc. (with honors) Technology with the Open University, and an MSc. Architecture: Advanced Environmental & Energy Studies. He holds an RYA Diesel Engine Servicing Certificate, and is a Ph.D. candidate in the Social, Political, and Economic Impacts of Alternative Vehicles and Fuels at the Business Responsibility, Accountability, Sustainability & Society Research Centre at Cardiff University, under Cardiff Business School.
www.gavindjharper.co.uk