Posted on 06/03/2004 11:17:03 AM PDT by nuconvert
Does this mean I can dump my 'Presto Fry Daddy' in the gas tank to save a few bucks?
The only problem with that Chinese oil is that an hour after you fill up your tank is empty again...............
No War for Wesson!
Only if your car or truck is a DIESEL.......Otherwise you'll have a real mess on your hands.........
My car has got that certain WESSON-ALITY..........
Wouldn't a 44 MPG Honda Civic make more sense?
I used greasy chinese food to power my bicycle all through college.
> Does this mean I can dump my 'Presto Fry Daddy'
> in the gas tank to save a few bucks?
Yes, but not in the "gas" tank, and only after converting
the grease to diesel fuel with the help of some lye and
methanol. And much of the savings is due to no highway
fuel tax. And what's your time worth?
Bio-diesel is worth doing, if only to use up what is
otherwise waste oil. But there isn't enough waste oil
(or surplus oilseed crop) to make it a major industry.
And running pure BD has risks, as it can attack the
plastics used in fuel systems.
On an industrial scale, BD could be used to stretch the
supply of petro-diesel.
I run a diesel car, but have never run BD in it
(mainly because there isn't any available around here,
but also due to warranty concerns - I might try it
after the warranty expires).
I thought you had to very thoroughly mix the oil with lye, wait a day, then skim off the glycerin, THEN you could run a diesel on it.
Even if your engine is a diesel, mine is, you would have to be a real nut to stick veggie oil in the tank. Do you know what a diesel engine costs to rebuild?
BTW diesel is about a $1.80 a gallon around here, not the $2.10 that regular is.
I will bet you there is far more to the boutique gas cost adder that refineries are being forced to pass on than anyone in government will tell you about..
There is enough used cooking oil to power about six cars and one 18-wheeler per day per city. Won't be free for long.
Wouldn't it be illegal, because you are not paying the highway fuel tax on it. Similar to people who use home heating oil to run their diesel cars or trucks. Home heating oil is cheaper. That is why home heating oil has a different color to it.
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I posted this story a couple of weeks ago and it was "moved to chat" where the thread died a quick death.
Good luck.
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bump for soybean oil
Seems to me, this could be a good opportunity to reduce dependence on OPEC oil, one worth pursuing. A renewable energy source, produced by American farmers (producing more jobs!), burns cleaner, is cheaper, don't need to drill "in pristine environments", no oil tanker accidents, etc. It's all good!
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