I saw in the past an article showing a man driving a VW Rabbit diesel which used left over frying oil. He collected oil from numerous restaurants, strained it well and added something like 10 or 15% keroseene. Drove it as a daily driver. John Rodgers 88 GL driver Chris Gkikas wrote: > Okay, if any of you tricksters are interested, here's the link to my > hydroponics pages: > http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9860/hydro.html > > What happened was I meant to reply to an individual as well as the hydro > list, and I accidentally typed the vanagon list's nickname instead of > "hydrolist." > > I've read that a vehicle was built that ran off vegetable oil drained > from restaurant kitchens. It's a diesel engine that's hooked up to this > huge gizmo they pull on a trailer. I think it's called "The Green > Machine." It gets terrific mileage and is environmentally friendly with > next to zero emissions. FYI. > > Good gardening and good cruisin' > Chris |
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