Tv's Myth Busters Found An Abundant Untapped Supply Of Alternate Fuel

[know_buddy_kares]

Taking a diesel engine, and only modifying what fuel the vehicle would use. Tested a myth that used cooking oil from fast foods could be used as an alternative fuel. Tests showed that the cooking oil was only 10% less efficient than the diesel petroleum product.

The only modifications that had to be made to the cooking oil it's self was being filtered.

The only modifications to the vehicle was changing the gas lines to the added cooking oil tank instead of the regular diesel tank.

I've just watched this on TV so I've no links yet.. I'll look later. However I found this interesting enough to share on here.

[Head Wreck]

yep. few people do that where i live.

[sass_in_the_pants]

I wonder if the exhaust smells like french fries?

If so, I'm sorry, I can't be in favor of this. I'm already a slave to those little potatoes.

[Marblez]

Taking a diesel engine, and only modifying what fuel the vehicle would use. Tested a myth that used cooking oil from fast foods could be used as an alternative fuel. Tests showed that the cooking oil was only 10% less efficient than the diesel petroleum product.

The only modifications that had to be made to the cooking oil it's self was being filtered.

The only modifications to the vehicle was changing the gas lines to the added cooking oil tank instead of the regular diesel tank.

I've just watched this on TV so I've no links yet.. I'll look later. However I found this interesting enough to share on here.

Unfortunately, it is actually not as untaped as you may think. Restaurants don't generally discard their used oil, they sell it to recycling centers who use it for this and other purposes.

Has anyone seen the Simpsons episode where Homer learns of the used fry oil goldmine??

[Destroit]

I'm all for alternative fuels, but jeezus, I already gained 10lbs since last summer. Do you know what would happen if I KNEW that there was FREE grease IN MY CAR? I would buy some fucking chicken and throw that shit inside it and be all mmmmMMM deep frieeed goodness. Or if I were real REAL baked out high, then I'd probably say "fuck the chicken" and get a straw. Basically, I would probably end up paying more than if I paid for gas and then eventually, after probably a month or so, I wouldn't even fit into the car. Sooo the grease for fuel idea works out in theory, but not in real life, kinda like communism.

[Head Wreck]

the smell is very sweet smelling. hard to explain unless you've smelt a fat fire burn (without any of your kitchen burn also).

i was told diesel engines were not popular for cars over there. i honestly cant understand why. i have a small compact car (peugeot 106) and i get a very good economy figure out of it (63 miles to the gallon day to day back and forth to work).

peugeot recently have started putting turbocharged V10 ditrect injection diesel engines in some cars, the police cars round here are 90% peugeot direct injection 4 cyl diesels and they shift (albiet not as quick as the other 10%, mitsubishi evo8's subaru WRX's and fast volvo estates popular with the armed response crews). the basic peugeot HDI engines come in differing capacities producing between 90 and 110 BHP, a 10% reduction on this is not that much. its not like you have any hills to compete with (some hills around here are upto 40 degrees steep and my 45bhp diesel does fine)

[Der Nister]

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