Everyone has an addiction.

Cookies. Porn. Peer pressure.

But enough about me.

Whatever yours may be, it is your necessary evil. Your American Idol.

Yet, sometimes that evil goes too far. And it becomes excessive.

The only thing that can beat the world’s addiction to reality TV, is it’s addiction to oil.

It is the most important resource on earth. And one of the most deadly.

The one, single resource that runs our vehicles, our factories, our lives; can pollute our waters and our air; and influences our economies and foreign policies.

But there is a way to change this. To change the world.

Change your fuel.

Biofuels are to the world what rehab is to Lindsay Lohan.

There is hope to stop the craziness.

Josh Tickell has devoted his life to this cause. His documentary film, Fuel, not only chronicles his journey but it enlightens the uneducated and infuses the uninspired.

Biofuels are an alternative to oil and gasoline. It is organic, derived from biological material like various plants, algae and used cooking oil.

Fuel takes you through the truths and history of the petrochemical industry. One revelation was finding out the Environmental Protection Agency is monetarily supported by the very companies it was meant to protect us from.

Tickell offers available alternative, new and renewable energy solutions.

One solution is as easy as driving a diesel car and fill it up at gas stations that offer biofuel/biodiesel, which is cheaper than gas(!). Diesel cars also do not need to run on fossil-based oil. They can actually run on used vegetable oil.

Yes, after you deep fry your Oreos, you can use it to run your car.

How ninja is that? A source of energy that you can grow or renew and not deplete until hell breaks loose when it runs dry.

Fuel tells you what you can do, how you can get involved, how you can support companies that are developing more biofuels that do not affect the world food market.

So we here at Hands In, by way of the green design firm eeko studio, urge you to watch Fuel. To go online at http://thefuelfilm.com and learn more. To get involved. Spread the word.

Every cool kid is doing it.

Web sites: http://thefuelfilm.com; twitter.com/thefuelfilm {photo credit: http://thefuelfilm.com}

Theatres: Opening in Santa Cruz, Calif (May 22) and Hartfort, Conn. (June 12), Oahu, HI (June 26). Request a screening or learn how to get the film shown at your local theatre at thefuelfilm.org.

Save the world, Save your green

OK, so you’re a broke-ass 20-something who doesn’t have money to buy a car that runs on diesel. Or you’re just cheap.

But you still want to help.

You still want the air to be cleaner and your soul more at peace.

So instead of buying a whole car … buy a scooter!

Decreasing air pollution. Check.

Saving money on gas. Check.

Looking awesome. Oh, hell yes.

Scooters are an inexpensive mode of transportation. You can get a 150cc Vespa for $3,000 or, just as good, a knock off for $900. Top speed for a 150cc scooter is 55 mph for you speed demons. And miles per gallon range from 65-80 mph for you penny pinchers.

(My wife pays $1.90 or less a week to fill up her 150cc scooter. That sound you hear is my bank account smiling.)

Up-to-date scooters also have better emissions, producing less carbon monoxide and nitrous oxide for you tree-hugging hippies.

Plus, riding a scooter will turn you from a 20-something to a 20-awesome.

Odeen Domingo is writing a bi-weekly column on eco-friendly topics for HandsIn.org. He is a newspaper journalist and the editorial director of eeko studio, a green design and branding firm based in Phoenix, Ariz. (eekostudio.com; blog.eekostudio.com)