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Gas is for sissies

I’m thinking biodiesel is where it’s at and it is time to make a change. My next car will run on diesel. Buy a diesel vehicle and you can run biodiesel. Biodiesel is pretty damn easy to make. I know someone that tried it using used vegetable oil from a chocolate factory and he said if he ran his car down the road people would want to follow it just for the scent. Hot damn! Scent can be the new trend in homemade fuel. I think I would just get the waste oil from a restaurant since that is easiest. Mmmm french fry exhaust. Nummy. I know people are always saying “Biodiesel or ethanol?” I think biodiesel. Ethanol is not something you can make at home. That is probably why many companies would push for that so they can be the only ones involved in fuel production. The only issue with biodiesel is that you are not totally making it from materials you can get just anywhere. Lye is all over the place and hardware stores and the like would have that no problem. Waste veggie oil is pretty easy too, but it also requires Methanol, or racing fuel. That is the poopy part. Another option is to install a heater and then you can pour just straight veggie oil into your tank and off you go! I have seen it, it really works. I think you need a bit of diesel to start the engine and then once it is going you flick a switch to turn over to the veggie oil tank and you are ready to take that greaser down the road. Pretty damn sweet. I will stick to biodiesel since it is just less complicated. If you don’t make it yourself it will still be cheaper than regular fuel and has low emissions, better efficiency and is even better for your engine. Go green and get the grease. Read about this fun stuff here and here and the idea of SVO (veggie oil as straight fuel) here.

This one runs on plankton (not really)