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LIVING GREEN - Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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Good morning,
Hey Joe, I was wondering if you happen to know
how viable used grease from fast food places
(or anywhere else that serves anything deep-
fried) could be used in place of diesel fuel
in those huge construction trucks, semis and
all other vehicles that spew all that thick
black smoke. I'm not sure if something like
this could be state or government regulated
but it would take care of a major contributor
of greenhouse gases. Not to mention these
restaurants have to pay a disposal fee to have
the grease hauled off and buried so I believe
much of the grease would be given away for
free. Also, it would have to be strained and
the diesel engines modified to accept the
grease, and you'd have to check to see if the
grease contained trans fats or they could
solidify in cold climates, but I think it may
be possible to persuade local government
agencies, to begin with, to at least consider
this method as an alternative to diesel. What
do you think? -Linda
We discussed this very subject in a recent issue of LIVING
GREEN, but I am not above repeating material. While watching
the clip below please pay attention to the part where they
describe how if we used all three billion gallons of the
waste cooking oil we produce each year as fuel, we would
offset U.S. gasoline consumption by 2 percent.
Thanks for reading,
Your Living Green editor
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