In the beginning man was given an intuitive understanding. Therefore man in his right mind possesses an instinctive understanding as to why he should not pollute the water he must drink, the air he must breathe and the food he must eat. Thus through the active principle of the GOD-Mind, man was able to maintain the ecological order and harmony of the creation and insure his existence in that order. He became the earths caretaker, its watchman. - Ben Ammi- Imitation of Life

Aug 30, 2006 - Plantroleum executive drives across country in vehicle powered by inexpensive alternative clean energy from plants and waste

On August 30, 2005, Dr. Baruch, CEO and Founder of Plantroleum Inc., a locally based alternative and renewable energy solutions company will be driving a Plant Derived Oil (PDO) fueled automobile from Capitol Heights, MD to Corsicana, Texas. This 1400 mile trip is part of a global renewable energy awareness project spearheaded by Dr. Baruch and his associates. Plantroleum, founded in 2004 converts diesel vehicles and generators to run on PDO and Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO), the leftover fryer grease that restaurants commonly have to pay to have land filled. The main focus of this trip will be to bring public awareness to the feasibility of using alternative and renewable fuel as an environmentally responsible and cost effective (almost costless) energy alternative to the high prices for fuel at the pump. Dr. Baruch will be speaking on his successful conversion of diesel automobiles and generators to PDO fuel. This conference will also include a formal request to local politicians, the Maryland Department of Transportation and the Prince Georges County Public Schools to make Gorgeous Prince Georges County a leading participant in the campaign to make the switch to school buses being powered by the more affordable and environmentally friendly PDO fuels. This viable change will protect schoolchildren from the harmful effects of school bus diesel exhaust emissions. The press conference will be on August 29, 2005 at 9:00 am at The Everlasting Life Health Complex; 9185 Central Ave; Capitol Heights, Md. 20743. For more information please email: mail@plantroleum.com.

July 24, 2006 - Hebrew Israelites Present Vehicle Powered By Vegetable Oil To Iraeli Foreign Ministry

JERUSALEM - Tired of escalating fuel prices? Is filling up at the station leaving you deflated? The answer to your dilemma – run your automobile on vegetable oil. That is what the Hebrew Israelites are proposing. Dr. Baruch Ben Yehudah of the community’s Washington, D.C.-based company, Plantroleum, is visiting Dimona to demonstrate the viability of this technology. The community envisions a partnership between Plantroleum and MASHAV, the Israel Organization for International Cooperation and Development to assist energy strapped countries and enhance Israel’s image abroad.

Last week Dr Baruch traveled to the Village of Peace in Dimona to direct a team comprised of community members with no prior experience with the technology in the conversion of a diesel powered vehicle to run on vegetable oil. Within forty-eight hours the team converted an ordinary, privately owned vehicle to run on vegetable oil with parts purchased locally in order to highlight the potential advantages of Israel promoting the technology internationally. The vehicle, a 1996 Volkswagen diesel powered van, will be driven from Dimona to MASHAV offices in Jerusalem to meet Ambassador Haim D'von, the head of MASHAV on Tuesday. “With modifications to the fuel delivery system of diesel engines, a Vegetable Oil Fuel System can be added to facilitate powering mechanically injected diesel vehicles on vegetable oil,” states Dr Baruch. The advantages of this type of fuel includes it is cleaner and safer burning, and a significantly less expensive alternative to petroleum-based fuel.”

“It just makes sense to use plant-based fuels. It’s cleaner, healthier, less expensive, and not complicated. Why not do it?”, adds Prince Immanuel Ben Yehuda, a national spokesman for the Hebrew Israelites. Along with the immediate internal benefit to Israel the team envisions a broader, far-reaching benefit to the developing world as well as ultimate impact upon global health issues such as global warming. “This will assist first in the improving of the environment, creating more ozone, and adding to oxygen levels on the earth instead of depleting oxygen and the consumable air of the planet,” states Dr Baruch. “It is easy to see the immediate benefit this type of technology could have for developing countries such as those in Sub-Saharan Africa where energy is scarce and dependence on external sources continues to drive a downward economic spiral that is prohibiting positive sustainable development and increasing international debt for those countries,” stated Prince Ben Yehuda.

Conceptually the team foresees a strategic approach that would assist development in rural areas and develop the interior of struggling economies. Another additional benefit to these countries would be redirecting focus toward agricultural development in general as well as emphasizing food crops over cash crops such as tobacco, rubber, etc. Adds Prince Ben Yehuda “With the current health indicators and trends pointing toward increasingly troubling scenarios, we don’t see this technology as ‘just another good idea,’ we see this as ultimately imperative, urgent, and necessary in order to preserve the planet on which we must live- simply stated, a matter of life or death. We are thankful to have the honor of bringing this timely technology home to Eretz Yisrael.”