Biofuel

[Taem]

Right, but they are still arguing with the State of California on a petro-diesel to bio-diesel ratio. So, for now USA is still 95% petro-diesel.

I've taken a good look at all of my options; my goal was to save money not the environment, as noble as that may be. For this endeavor, I'd have to purchase a diesel car capable of running on vegetable oil; not all diesels can run on vegetable oil. Here are my options so far:

1) Going with SVO, I'll need a secondary heating chamber hooked onto my car to heat the SVO to the proper temperature before starting. There are two problems I see with this: A) SVO costs more $ than gasoline currently,B)The engine modification kits will cost money.

2) Since I work in restaurants, getting WVO would be no problem, thus nullifying the cost of SVO, however now I have the cost of transesterification (much cheaper than gasoline) and I have to learn how to become a chemist. So far the better of the two options for my IMO.

3) Get a secondary heating chamber hooked onto my car to heat the filtered WVO to the proper temperature before starting. Now I save on the cost of SVO and transesterification, but I would need to purchase the engine modification kit for my car. But here's the catch-22 of this method: water, which could end up cost me much more than the amount saved on gas in the long run! So the cheapest method is not necessarily the best.

Given the current line-up, I've chosen to remain with my Mustang GT until I talk to someone in person whom runs their car on bio-diesel. Until then...