I love my morning coffee. And my mid-morning coffee. And my late afternoon latte. I've told you about the health benefits of coffee. And how it might act as a natural sunscreen. Now there's one more reason to love your morning cuppa joe: one day it might fuel more than just you.

Researchers into biofuel are discovering that coffee grounds might be the best bet for extracting the oils needed to make biodiesel. The current feedstocks used to extract oils for biodiesel fuels have created a controversy. While the biofuels help reduce dependence on fossil fuels, growing the feed places a high usage demand on land and water.

It turns out that used coffee grounds might offer a good low-cost alternative. Most of us just throw away our old grounds, In fact, over nine million tons of the stuff ends up in landfills every year. All those wasted grounds could be turned into 720,000 tons of biodiesel - without putting undue burden on land and water. Sounds like a win-win to me!

Your "Saving the Planet One Cup at a Time" Gift Guru,
Linda