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To: org.whodat
You have to do a lot more than squeeze the oil out of canola, my friend. You have to remove the glycerin from the veggie oil by preforming a process called 'esterfication'. Burning straight veggie oil will coke up and wreck one of those diesels faster than you can say,

"Man, did I ever do a stupid thing putting this crap in my gas tank and driving around all day. Now after it sat all night and cooled off, it seems to be siezed..."

35 posted on 11/09/2008 7:41:10 PM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: Nathan Zachary
LOL, I did say you should burn it straight, but there are several places on the Internet that will give you a step by step , in your garage method for, treatment doing it. Last I heard Eastman was building two plants.
41 posted on 11/09/2008 7:46:18 PM PST by org.whodat ( "the Whipped Dog Party" , what was formally the republicans.)
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