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Deep Fried Fuel

Thu Feb 8, 2007 6:38:50 AM #33799 Perm Link

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Next time you get fast food, take an order of oil on the side to fuel your car. <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1008_3-6157412.html">These fuels make your car smell like a fast food place, though</a>. Great concept since fast food places basically give the oil away.

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The deep fat fryers and waste oil containers of America house a large, untapped source of transportation fuel, says Rubin, business development general manager for BiOil, a biodiesel company based in Sausalito, Calif. Namely, billions of gallons of animal fat and waste vegetable oil that can be converted into domestically produced, cleaner-burning biodiesel, says Rubin, among others. BiOil's plan--which will require sizable funding--is to build a national network of disposal centers, with help from biodiesel producer Pacific Biodiesel, based in Kahului, Hawaii, to collect a substantial portion of the 3.9 billion gallons of waste vegetable oil produced at fast-food eateries, refine it and then sell it to trucking companies and drivers.

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Thu Feb 8, 2007 7:44:12 PM #33814 Perm Link

Its only the future of cars if restaurants continue to give it away. The second they start charging will mostly likely be the time the idea comes apart.
The main problem is that you usually need normal Diesel to start the car, and refining the oil can be dangerous.

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