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If you know what you're doing and have the correct equipment and chemicals, used cooking oil can be turned into good quality biodiesel fuel.

Weekend Project: Making Biodiesel

Biodiesel: Journey to Forever

29 posted on 06/27/2011 4:14:28 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Even the best homebrew biodiesel is not quite good enough to use in the newer piezoelectric injector systems, as it’s too thick. Older mechanical or electro-mechanical injector systems is okay to use...............


31 posted on 06/27/2011 5:55:37 AM PDT by Red Badger (Nothing is a 'right' if someone has to give it to you................)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner; Red Badger; All

The problem is that “good quality biodiesel” is not the same as good quality diesel.

The nature of the oils is not conducive to clean combustion, lubrication, and cold weather functionality. No amount of fast talking or fancy footwork will change that.

“Biodiesel” could be used in specially designed engines, but the financial return would not be there to undertake that.

Biodiesel is a political game that needs to come to an end. Use the oil to make heating oil, or something of that sort, if you must, but leave the transportation industry alone.


35 posted on 06/27/2011 10:05:15 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Going 'EGYPT' - 2012!)
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