Price of diesel here in Norfolk continues to rise at an alarming rate. Filled up yesterday at 97.9 per litre. MPG for the LR90 is quite good at just under 30 with a light right foot and reasonable speed and not much in the way of baggage.
Watching Dick Strawbridge on BBC2 a couple of days ago turned my thoughts to running the old girl on biodiesel - straight vegetable oil looks a bit too much of a challenge given the costs, short journeys and low mileage.
So, having a Google I've worked out the process for conversion and it looks reasonably simple on a very small scale. My question, at last, is just how much effort is required to create a reasonable tank full quantity on a regular basis. Small scale 'Dr Pepper' process looks quite labour intensive with all the filtering and washing required.
Anybody on the group had a go and if so how did you source the required quantities of methanol and sodium hydroxide?
I know that tax is an issue on the end product so is the input effort in terms of time and materials worth it for a light user?
Not an eco-nut but conscious of the need to reduce the anti 4x4 bias by being able to retort to the greens that i'm carbon neutral!!
Regards
Richard
PS - live next door to a pub and have a quantity of Adnams inside me so I hope all the above makes some sense.....
PPS - Dick Strawbridge traded an Audi for a LR90 as part of his go green project. Prime time TV too....