Word: biodiesel
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...take offense at your article "Fill 'Er Up with Crisco, Please" [Jan. 27], which demonizes all home brewers of biodiesel [an alternative fuel derived from vegetable oil] owing to a small number of straight-vegetable-oil and biodiesel users in Wales who tried to evade their fuel taxes. The vast majority of biodiesel home brewers in Britain are honest about reporting their expected tax. This is less of an issue in the U.S. because of different guidelines and the nascent stage of biofuels as a whole. Home brewers play an important part in the promotion of biodiesel, as their passion...
...well on such oils--so long as all the glycerin, water and other contaminants have been removed--the homemade stuff can gunk up an engine. Meanwhile, British foodmakers like Wal-Mart subsidiary ASDA have started to team up with refineries to turn used cooking oil into legitimate biodiesel fuel, which creates 79% less carbon dioxide than regular diesel. This year ASDA will test its refined waste oil in delivery trucks pluckily labeled THIS VEHICLE IS POWERED BY CHICKEN...
...It’s safe to say we’re exploring all the other alternatives out there—electric, biodiesel, hydrogen fuel cell,” he said. “As the cost relating to acquiring alternative fuel vehicles comes down and the infrastructure to support it increases, it makes it easier to acquire those vehicles...
Sure, it's clean, but can you get fries with it? Last month the U.S. government began fueling certain military vehicles and post office trucks with "biodiesel," an alternative to diesel fuel derived from vegetable oil. The fuel, which can reduce greenhouse emissions in diesel cars by as much as 78%, is nontoxic and can be made from surplus soybeans or leftover oil from the fryers of fast-food restaurants...