Fuel comparison charts

There isn't enough used cooking oil to make a dent in the amount of fuel burnt in diesel engines.

"Michael A. Terrell" on Fri, 28 Jun 2013

Biodeisel - used cooking oil, only skipping the food portion.

-- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although more often, Age travels alone."

The cooking oil sounds good, except that I doubt that there is enough in an average town to power a tenth of a percent of the cars,

Biodiesel, though, makes more sense than using ethanol. It is much easier to produce not requiring fermentation or distillation and glycerine biproduct is more useful.

In the far South where temperatures stay above freezing, used cooking oil can be used directly. I heard Willie Nelson uses it in his tour bus. Extra benefit is cooking smell of exhaust masks the smell of pot.

Did not know if taxed differently but could be pure market forces. Higher prices in EC still might favor diesel. Guess it depends on how much you drive. Retired, myself, and not driving that much, I would not get a more expensive diesel or hybrid vehicle just to save money on fuel.

That was my point. OTOH, you could render enough fat from the shiftless slobs to power at least one percent. ;-)

True. "Bio-diesel" can be made form any oil or fat, even the stuff not edible.

So, if you smell fried chicken and lots of sage - it means there's a Willi Nelson concert nearby?

-- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although more often, Age travels alone."

"Michael A. Terrell" on Fri, 28 Jun 2013

Hmm, there's a new "energy source".

-- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although more often, Age travels alone."

Soylent Green Diesel is people!

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This new crap is even showing up on farm equipment and irrigation power units. It might make sense to limit emissions on city buses, but on farm equipment?

It MIGHT make sense to limit emissions on city buses?

Depends on the trade offs.

The U.S. government keeps increasing the fuel mileage standards, for example. Vehicles are being made lighter as a result. How many more people are killed or injured because of that? Suppose we had vehicles sturdily built like the ones from the 50s 60s with modern safety features?

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Cool! Another Marie Curie!!

"The Law Of unintended Results" It's what happens when Congress designs anything and imposes by law, impossible or insanely difficult to implement standards. The "Won't Flush Toilets" were one of plumbing fixtures designed by Congress. ^_^

TDD

What a fantastic kid, I hope she doesn't burn out at a young age and goes on to develop more brilliant solutions to problems facing the World. ^_^

TDD

No it's not - iz made from Lieberuls. They just look like Peoples.

-- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although more often, Age travels alone."

The vehicles built in the 50s and 60s were deathtraps compared to today's cars. You are much more likely to survive or have fewer injuries in a crash with a modern car compared to one from 50 years ago, all other things being equal.

I don't really care much for the IIHS or the nanny regulations our country has adopted, but you can't argue with performance.

...which I've never needed. If you buy a new car every couple of years you have a point, but I don't. When I get rid of a car it's all used up.