Stop Global Warming Run Your Car on Waste Vegetable Oil

Stop Global Warming: Run your car on waste vegetable oil A recipe for low-emission motoring? Some diesel engines will run on waste cooking oil if it s brewed into biodiesel or blended with old fashioned fossil diesel. If you convert your engine you can... More

Stop Global Warming: Run your car on waste vegetable oil A recipe for low-emission motoring? Some diesel engines will run on waste cooking oil if it s brewed into biodiesel or blended with old fashioned fossil diesel. If you convert your engine you can even use it neat. However you cut it, recycled oil will slash emissions from driving and can make a tasty saving against soaring pump prices. Running your car on the same oil that fries your fish is a major CO2 saver and could be cheap as chips too (especially if its free from the local greasy spoon). Cars running on cooking oil - used or otherwise - get similar fuel economy to diesels and 20-30% better than ordinary petrol. In practice there isn t nearly enough of the stuff to fuel Britain s six million diesel cars, but if you have a pre2000 low-pressure diesel engine, waste oil could be a golden opportunity for you and the climate - unlike the majority of primary biofuels. In fact, the government s Better Regulation Commiss Less