Two friends of mine (BM and H, I'm talking about my Plantersville bud and her hubby) are using leftover cooking oil from neighborhood restaurants to make biodiesel. It's all he's put in his truck for three months.
She told me yesterday it costs them 87 cents a gallon.
I have a friend who runs left over cooking oil in his dodge 4x4 ton pickup truck. He took a trip awhile back pulling his 30ft camper. He got 10mpg, So what,the fuel was free.
I'm all for as many alternatives as we can find for foreign oil. I'm surprised Congress hasn't been more proactive about finding alternatives, because IMHO it's a national security issue.
That said, how much oil do the neighborhood restaurants generate, how much does your bud's hubby drive, and is there enough oil there to supply biodiesel to several other families?
I'm just not sure there's enough used cooking oil out there to make this a viable source of energy for more than a few people...and I live in the South, home of deep-fried everything!