Running a big rig on veggie oil
I have been researching veggie oil as fuel in diesels for years. Seems to have a few downsides and upsides but vegetable oil for fuel is actually what good ol' Rudolph Diesel had in mind for fuel when...
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North or South, you are a pioneer in this field and I want to encourage you to pursue this to the largest extent. Your experiences can only help us all in the future.
When I looked into this, the cost of fresh oil was prohibitive to make it work out. Perhaps you could make fresh oil and sell it to the local chinese restaurant for $5.00 per gallon under the condition that they give it back to you for free. Of course you will lose some to the actual food, but maybe you can recover 70% of what you sell.
The reason the math works out on used cooking oil is that two people get to use it rather than one.
When I looked into this, the cost of fresh oil was prohibitive to make it work out. Perhaps you could make fresh oil and sell it to the local chinese restaurant for $5.00 per gallon under the condition that they give it back to you for free. Of course you will lose some to the actual food, but maybe you can recover 70% of what you sell.
The reason the math works out on used cooking oil is that two people get to use it rather than one.
