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JoeSpareBedroom

"Al Bundy" wrote in message
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wrote:
Of course it is good for cooking more than once, but many who do it
for Thanksgiving only cook that way once a year. You can look up a
local biodiesel producer on the internet, don't make a special trip and
use more energy than you save, wait until you have an errand to run to
that part of town anyway. (You can store and carry it in the same
container you bought it in.) Or you can pour it into the grease bin
behind a local grill, just don't throw it away. It is usually peanut
oil, which is great feedstock for biodiesel.-Jitney

Every little bit helps I guess. Your suggestion of not wasting a trip
is a good one. I think the biodiesel option is more hype than success
though. It needs to be processed quite a bit and mixed with regular
diesel to protect the engines and run properly. The final price is
higher than normal also. You are paying for the "green option." Not
really a "green option" either considering the polution involved. At
least it's using something that might have been wasted.

In 1988, personal computers used to cost almost as much as a small car.
Economies of scale changed that. Maybe the same will happen with biodiesel,
if suppliers see a viable market.