[muleskinner]

Why is this news? Oh, the Wash Post printed it. There are already some companies doing this. If you have a diesel you add an extra filter and some other stuff. Easy. Free fuel, if you want to ask the restaurants for their used cooking oil. They may even pay you to take it.

I know a guy involved in one of the companies... will report back with actuals.

[cogitator]

Why is this news?

I think it qualified as news because it was an eighth-grade science project that demonstrated how easy this is to do. As the article noted, biodiesels are being produced in this country, which isn't news, but the possibility of growth in this sector (and the use of waste fryer oil rather than pure vegetable oil) might also be news.

[cwb]

Exactly. In fact, Daryl Hannah is a big proponent of this technology as she tours the country promoting it. A seh said, when her vehicle goes by, it smells like someones cooking frech fries or something.

[JimDingle]

I think Homer Simpson may need to get back in the grease business

[RobRoy]

A friend used to drive a "rendering truck." He would drive around to restaurants and pick up their old cooking oil. And yes, the restaurants paid for the service.

He tipped a full truck over on a freeway on-ramp once and was fired for it. Apparently it smelled “real bad” too.