AMERICAN GREEN HOLDINGS’ ETHANOL REFORMER MAKES FUEL CONSUMPTION BREAKTHROUGH

AMERICAN GREEN HOLDINGS TO PROVIDE TECHNOLOGY FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE BIOFUEL PLANT

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NEW AREA COMPANY PROVIDING TECHNOLOGY AROUND THE HEMISPHERE, JOBS LOCALLY

CRANE, MO - A new Ozarks company is making headlines on a national stage with its combination of environmentally-friendly products and down-home ingenuity. said Chairman and CEO Dale Wiley.
Wiley and AGH’s Innovations Director Russel Gehrke flew to Waterbury, Connecticut on May 2 to ink a deal with F&S Oil Company, a third-generation home heating company now poised to enter the biodiesel market. They will provide a biodiesel transesterification processing to the plant F&S has green-lighted in near-by Cheshire, CT. Wiley said. The project will commence June 15, and will require full-time supervision by two company employees.
The company also announced that it was chosen by David Lee, President of Bahamas Biofuels Limited, to create a pilot plant on the island of Nassau. said Wiley. Wiley met with Lee in Nassau in February, and was notified last week that his company had been chosen as technology partner. Wiley said.

Biodiesel is a process by which animal and plant oils are converted into fuel and glycerol by a chemical reaction. It is a less harmful alternative environmentally, and provides jobs and industry in this hemisphere instead of relying on foreign oil. Crane-based American Green Holdings, Inc., is a nine-month-old company formed by Wiley, and Gehrke, a well-known engineer in alternative fuel circles. The company acquired a 51 percent interest in Ecosense Solutions, LLC, a manufacturer of green products, and the company has also started other ventures in biodiesel production, alternative fuel brokering and bio-consulting.

Ecosense, founded by Peter LaVaute and actor Dennis Weaver, owns several patents, including environmentally-friendly grilling chips and a promising ethanol valve that has been highly touted by farm press. Weaver long touted the concept of "ecolonomics," the nexus between ecology and economics. Weaver stumped in Washington on the concept, wrote books detailing his philosophy, and even started and funded Institute of Ecolonomics at Missouri Southern State University. The Institute’s director, Robert Wood, was hired in January as Chief Operating Officer of AGH. Sadly, Weaver passed away in 2006, although his presence is still felt at AGH. Gehrke in the past has been featured on the Discovery Channel and other media outlets for his interesting brand of engineering. He was a frequent guest on the syndicated television show Cool Fuel Roadtrips, where host Shaun Murphy traveled 16,000 miles around the United States without using a drop of gasoline. Gehrke designed a Hummer that would run on Cajun food, an ethanol- and water-powered BMW, and a mammoth Hummer limousine which drew power from five alternative sources. From this exposure, Gehrke has become well-known in alternative energy sources, and has worked with Willie Nelson, Tom Osborne, Darryl Hannah and Chicken Soup For The Soul creator Mark Victor Hansen, among others. Gehrke, while working for Ecosense, traveled to Nebraska in early 2006 to tackle farmers’ concerns. They wanted to run ethanol in their irrigation systems and were doing so, but were using over 11 gallons per hour of fuel. Gehrke made some changes to the way the fuel was heated, and, by the time the project was completed, had reduced the hourly usage to less than four gallons. The invention, called the Ethanol Reformer ^tm, also reduced emissions to the range of natural gas.
The Reformer is running on several irrigation systems in Nebraska, and is now in pre-production in Crane.
Gehrke modified the design of the Reformer for use in motorcycles, and the results have been well-received. The company sold its first "Revolution" motorcycle, based on a Victory Hammer, to John Paul DeJoria, the founder and creator of Paul Mitchell haircare. DeJoria, a long-time auto aficionado, first came to know Gehrke because of a previous Ecosense vehicle, Willie’s Willys, a biodiesel hotrod made for Willie Nelson and used in Kinky Friedman’s campaign for Texas Governor in 2006. DeJoria

invited Gehrke and Wiley to his Austin, Texas home, and ordered a motorcycle based on the prototype Gehrke had designed for Willie Nelson. In addition to his role as owner and CEO of Paul Mitchell, DeJoria also owns the Patron tequila company, and the new motorcycle will run on gasoline, E-85, or even a blend of gasoline and tequila.

said Wiley, Wiley and Gehrke recently attended a charity motorcycle ride in Austin, called the Peace Love and Happiness ride, and DeJoria got to ride his new machine. The company also received pre-orders for ten additional motorcycles. The motorcycles retail for between $30,000 and $40,000, depending on the level of customization.

The company has also caught the eye of former Dallas star Larry Hagman, who now sits as a Director on American Green Holdings’ Board. Hagman became an advocate for solar power when he was able to cut his own energy bill from $2800 in February, 2005 to $13 in February, 2006 after installing large solar panels on his 40-acre property south of Los Angeles Hagman discovered AGH through one of its principals, Austin-based publicist Jason Hardison. Hagman, who has recently served as keynote speaker for renewable energy conventions, is especially fond of AGH’s burgeoning biodiesel offering, Liquid Sunshine. Hagman carries a sample of B-100 (100 percent biodiesel) with him, and preaches the gospel of the new company.

said Wood, who has formed a fast friendship with Hagman.

In February, AGH teamed up with another "Hag," legendary country music artist Merle Haggard, to fuel Haggard’s tour buses with their first tanks of biodiesel.

said Wiley, a long-time music fan. The "fill-up" was done in conjunction with Haggard’s performance at the National Biodiesel Convention in February, and the two crossed paths again in March on the "Last of the Breed" tour, featuring Haggard, Ray Price and Willie Nelson. said Wiley,

The company is also involved with several other endeavors, most notably Bid For Green, an on-line alternative fuel trading website. For more information, contact Dale Wiley or Robert Wood at (417) 723-0301.