Date:         Mon, 23 Jun 2003 18:43:48 -0700
Reply-To:     Steve W <croatoa@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Steve W <croatoa@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Alternate Fuels
In-Reply-To:  <3EF734BC.3050609@charter.net>
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Hello,
   This topic is sure to stir a debate.  The cost
of biofuels can be seen at your local grocery
store.  Cooking oil can be burnt in a diesel
engine without alot of trouble from what I've
read.  All there is to do is basically: start up
and shut down on a typical diesel or biodiesel
(so there isn't oil in the pump while sitting)
and heat the cooking oil up to around 200 F
before it goes in the pump.
   If the costs of our troops in the middle east
protecting those oil wells is considered the cost
of traditional oil based fuels is actually much
much higher.
   It's something to think about but with big oil
it's not going to go anywhere on a big scale.  I
just got a 1981 VW Diesel Rabbit and I just might
make it go on cooking oil.  If I can find a
restaurant with some free waste oil I'll be
sitting pretty and giving the oil industry a big
middle finger.  ;)
Steve

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Steve
croatoa@yahoo.com

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