Power your car with vegetable oil and smile
Did you know you can power a diesel car on vegetable oil, produce fewer carbon emissions and pay a fraction
of the cost?
And, even stranger, the world has known about this since the diesel engine was first...
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Power your car with vegetable oil and smile
Did you know you can power a diesel car on vegetable oil, produce fewer carbon emissions and pay a fraction
of the cost?
And, even stranger, the world has known about this since the diesel engine was first launched in 1901.
Sydney-born civil engineer, Gerard Mimmo, 36, and his 28-year-old English wife, Rachel, are not visiting the
petrol station every third day, instead the couple have outfitted a six-cylinder diesel Toyota Landcruiser to run
on vegetable oil.
They have dubbed their Landcruiser, the "Battered Fish", because that is what is smells like as it powers along.
The smart-thinking pair - he s just finished his Masters in science studying sustainability, while she is a
corporate lawyer - plan to travel 30,000 kilometres around Australia.
The trip will take in north Queensland, northern Australia and the red centre before the pair head back to
Sydney for Christmas Eve.
Gerard explains they have done very little modifications to th
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