Okay here goes:
Petroleum was say 35 cents per gallon many years ago, now it is up to 2 dollars a gallon or more. How cheap is that?!
Restaurants pay to have their french fry oil hauled away. Hence, they give it away to those who ask.
Two college students converted a VW truck to oil in S. Dak. and drove it all the way back to Minn. on converted oil they obtained free from restaurants. How dumb is that??
That is what got me interested in the new/old concept.
No, seriously, I've read that once a diesel vehicle is converted to using vegetable oil, you can prepare the vegetable oil in your own kitchen. The emissions would be better and, goodbye, Middle East dependence. Would appreciate any comments, as I am seriously considering this alternative in the future. (I guess, co-ops could be set up to pump the vegetable oil into our vehicles.)
I haven't heard a whisper about this recently. Is it because this is a new/old technology or is it because there are some serious problems that make this alternative not really viable for everyday driving??
Hey what about french fry oil cars?
No seriously, I've read that once a diesel vehicle is converted to using vegetable oil, you can prepare the vegetable oil in your own kitchen.
The emissions would be better and, goodbye, Middle East dependence.
Would appreciate any comments, as I am seriously considering this alternative in the future.
(I guess, co-ops could be set up to pump the vegetable oil into our vehicles.)
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Okay here goes: Petroleum was say 35 cents per gallon many years ago, now it is up to 2 dollars a gallon or more. How cheap is that?!
Restaurants pay to have their french fry oil hauled away. Hence, they give it away to those who ask.
Two college students converted a VW truck to oil in S. Dak. and drove it all the way back to Minn. on converted oil they obtained free from restaurants. How dumb is that??
That is what got me interested in the new/old concept.
Why does anything new/old automatically get labeled "stupid"?
New/"old" in that the original Model-T fords were built to run on veggie old but got redesigned due to the low cost of petroleum.
No, seriously, I've read that once a diesel vehicle is converted to using vegetable oil, you can prepare the vegetable oil in your own kitchen. The emissions would be better and, goodbye, Middle East dependence.
Would appreciate any comments, as I am seriously considering this alternative in the future. (I guess, co-ops could be set up to pump the vegetable oil into our vehicles.)
I haven't heard a whisper about this recently.
Is it because this is a new/old technology or is it because there are some serious problems that make this alternative not really viable for everyday driving??
Hey what about french fry oil cars? No seriously, I've read that once a diesel vehicle is converted to using vegetable oil, you can prepare the vegetable oil in your own kitchen. The emissions would be better and, goodbye, Middle East dependence. Would appreciate any comments, as I am seriously considering this alternative in the future. (I guess, co-ops could be set up to pump the vegetable oil into our vehicles.)