Drivers are converting their diesel cars to run on vegetable oil from local restaurants as an affordable, sustainable fuel alternative. Diesel engines were designed to run on peanut oil, so with minimal modifications cars can use vegetable oil collected from food waste. This reduces pollution and fuel costs, benefits the environment, and supports local recycling of waste oil rather than disposal. While still a small trend, advocates hope it will grow as an eco-friendly transportation solution.

1. Vegetable Oil Cars: Filling Up at Your Local Chinese Restaurant
The thought of someone pulling into their local fast food store and filling up their car with used vegetable oil
may sound absurd, but it is happening all over the world.
Car owners who have a diesel car are beginning to realize that diesel engines were originally designed to run on
peanut oil, and they are taking full advantage of this fact. All over the United States, drivers are receiving free
vegetable oil from fast food chains.
Because of this use of oil, people have begun to label these types of vehicles as µGrease Cars.¶
While using this kind of system used to be considered only for the environmental benefits, it is now looked on
as an economic advantage as well. Lots of restaurants usually have to pay to get rid of their kitchen waste, so
fuel for your car has never been so convenient. A lot of restaurants and cafes are even willing to give away used
oil!
Grease Cars are also good for the environment. The only emmisions are the smells of the foods that were
cooked in the oil. One day it could be pork, the next chicken.
Vegetable oil is renewable, and does not give off any dangerous substances like normal diesel cars do. In
modern society, cars are the biggest contributors to pollution, but by using vegetable oil much of this is
eliminated. There is no carbon dioxide produced, and the carbon monoxide levels are minimal.
Only a small amount of diesel is needed to run these kinds of vehicles for several minutes to heat the oil before
it can be used, and for several minutes after driving to clean the fuel lines. Grease Car drivers say that they
experience no loss in acceleration, speed, or overall performance.
Read here about what some enthusiasts say about their beloved vehicles.
With all these benefits it seems strange that everyone is not converting their cars to run on vegetable oil.
Minimal changes are required, and there are even some organizations that can do this for you. GreaseCar.com
even sells do-it-yourself kits.
It is estimated that over 5,000 people in the United States alone use straight vegetable oil in their cars, and I¶m
sure that figure would be even larger if it included the entire world. But unfortunately, petrol powered cars
cannot be converted to use oil as a fuel.
Vegetable oil is easily available, cheap and environmentally safe, so an increase in the number of Grease Cars
in the future is inevitable. If you drive a diesel-powered car and you really want to save money on fuel then start
thinking of your local Chinese restaurant as your take-away fuel supplier too.
See Plant Drive
http://plantdrive.com
VEGETABLE OIL Cars and Converting Your Car to VEGETABLE OIL
http://plantdrive.com
http://www.greasecar.com
http://www.vegpoweredsystems.com
http://www.goldenfuelsystems.com
http://www.goodgrease.com

2. http://www.vegpower.com
http://www.elsbett.com
http://biocar.de
http://www.enviofuel.com
http://www.frybrid.com
http://www.vegiecars.com
http://www.theorganicmechanic.org
http://www.fattywagons.com
http://greasebenz.com
http://www.vtvegcar.com
http://www.vegengine.blogspot.com
http://www.greenconversion.net
http://www.alaskavegoil.org
http://www.ehow.com/how_2004136_vegetable-oil-fuel.html
http://www.vegdvw.com
http://www.greendiesel1.com
http://vegwerks.wordpress.com
http://www.vegiecars.com
http://vegetablepowersystems.com
http://danalinscott.netfirms.com
http://www.bebioenergy.com
http://www.instructables.com/id/Biotour.org-Waste-Vegetable-Oil-Conversion-Diesel-/
DVD LIQUID GOLD 2
Learn the Do͛s and Don͛t's of Gathering and using Waste Vegetable oil as a fuel. Perfect for anyone who is currently
using, or planning on using SVO (Straight Vegetable Oil) or Bio Diesel as a fuel!
These questions and more are answered on this DVD:
ͻ The legality of collecting waste vegetable oil and burning it as a fuel.
ͻ Overview of how diesel engines burn waste vegetable oil as fuel.
ͻ How to identify good waste vegetable oil.
ͻ How to identify bad waste vegetable oil.
ͻ How to ask a restaurant for their waste vegetable oil.
ͻ How to fuel up on the fly with the automated One Shot Filtration Unit.

3. ͻ How to setup your own waste vegetable oil accounts.
ͻ How to collect large quantities of oil for later filtration at home.
ͻ How to filter waste vegetable oil using filter bags.
ͻ How does salt, sugar and animal fats affect waste vegetable oil for fuel?
ͻ How to tell if there͛s water in the oil?
ͻ How to filter the oil once it͛s been gathered.
ͻ Cold Weather gathering techniques and tips.
http://www.goldenfuelsystems.com
DVD S.V.O. Seminar 2006
Lately there's been a lot of talk about the effects of Global warming due to our love of gas guzzling vehicles and our
dependency on foreign oil. Scientists and entrepreneurs around the world are busy developing what they hope will be
our answer to cleaner burning vehicles. What many people don't realize is that this technology already exists and it's
been around for quite some time now.
This DVD was Shot during a seminar on Straight Vegetable Oil at Ecoversity in Santa Fe, New Mexico and is packed with
2.5 hours of valuable information. Listen along while many of the most frequently asked questions about this technology
are discussed and answered.
These questions and more are answered on this DVD:
ͻ The History of Straight Vegetable Oil
ͻ Different Alternative Fuels
ͻ Straight Vegetable vs. Biodiesel
ͻ Straight Vegetable Oil Facts and Fiction
ͻ Diesel Engines vs. Gasoline Engines
ͻ How a Straight Vegetable Oil System Works
ͻ The Importance of a Vehicles Air Filter
ͻ Increase Power and Economy/Computer Mods
ͻ Oil Gathering 101
ͻ Filtering on the Fly with the One Shot
ͻ Using Filter Bags
ͻ What to do with leftover Nasty Oil
ͻ Diesels Available in the USA
http://www.goldenfuelsystems.com
DVD GREASY RIDER
Picture a cross-country road trip powered by vegetable oil in a 1981 Mercedes-Benz. Greasy Rider follows the two
filmmakers, Joey Carey and JJ Beck, as they meet with fellow Greasecar drivers, friends, and critics. Traveling as far south

4. as New Orleans and as far north as Seattle, the car is fueled by used cooking grease collected at restaurants along the
way.
Interviews include Morgan Freeman who is opening up a Biodiesel plant in Mississippi. Political analyst Noam Chomsky,
͞You're supposed to believe we would have liberated Iraq even if its main product was pickles,͟ appears along side Yoko
Ono, ͞This whole world is now ruled by corporations and their greed,͟ and Tommy Chong, ͞You guys figured it out. You
got your little bio-car, and there you go.͟ Additional interviews include the founders of the four major vegetable oil
conversion kit companies, Greasecar, Greasel, Neoteric, and Frybrid, as they discuss the reality of vegetable oil as a fuel.
The heat is felt in this political documentary as America's energy consumption continues to grow. With gas prices on the
rise and the reality of global warming setting in, Greasy Rider points to vegetable oil as one part of the solution to our
energy problems.
http://www.goldenfuelsystems.com
JOURNEY to FOREVER
http://www.journeytoforever.org
The Film: FUEL
http://thefuelfilm.com
FUEL is an insightful portrait of America͛s addiction to oil and an uplifting testament to the immediacy of new energy
solutions. Director, Josh Tickell, a young activist, shuttles us on a whirlwind journey to track the rising domination of the
petrochemical industry Ͷ from Rockefeller͛s strategy to halt Ford͛s first ethanol cars to Vice President Cheney's
petrochemical company sponsored energy legislation Ͷ and reveals a gamut of available solutions to "repower
America" Ͷ from vertical farms that occupy skyscrapers to algae facilities that turn wastewater into fuel.
Tickell and a surprising array of environmentalists, policy makers, and entertainment notables take us through America͛s
complicated, often ignominious energy past and illuminate a hopeful, achievable future, where decentralized,
sustainable living is not only possible, it͛s imperative.
DVD : Biodiesel #2
Filmed at the National Biodiesel Board Conference and Expo in Palm Springs, CA, this 45 minute video helps qualify the
emissions benefits of biodiesel and illustrates how biodiesel can reduce cancerous diesel emissions.
http://fryertofuel.com

5. DVD: Biodiesel 101
In this 45-minute presentation, biodiesel author Josh Tickell provides an economic, social and practical context for
biodiesel. "Biodiesel 101" goes deep into the technical world of the biodiesel production, showing how the fuel is
chemically formed. This video also examines current data and trends within the biodiesel industry to illustrate growth
patterns and future potential.
http://fryertofuel.com
Convert GAS Cars to Plug-In ELECTRIC Autos
http://www.electroauto.com http://www.kta-ev.com http://www.nedra.com http://www.evparts.com
http://www.sourceguides.com/energy
book: Convert It; by Michael Brown and Shari Prange
DVD: Convert It http://www.electroauto.com
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Convert HYBRID Cars to Plug-In ELECTRIC Autos
http://www.calcars.org http://www.hybrids-plus.com http://www.rqriley.com/xr3.htm http://www.eaa-
phev.org/wiki/PriusPlus http://www.hybridplugs.com http://www.hybridconceptcars.com
http://www.afstrinity.com http://www.a123systems.com/hymotion http://www.hybridconsortium.org
http://www.energycs.com
LOCAL Groups Supporting ELECTRIC AUTOmobiles
http://www.nicecarcompany.co.uk http://www.greenvehicles.com
http://www.zapworld.com
http://www.sourceguides.com/energy
http://www.green-car-guide.com
Electric MOTORCYCLES
http://www.solarmobil.net
http://www.e-max-ltd.com
http://www.topmotorx.com
http://www.patente-erfindungen.de/erfindungen_fahrraeder.htm
http://www.zeromotorcycles.com
http://www.sourceguides.com/energy
Electric BICYCLES
http://nycewheels.com
http://www.myebike.com
http://www.cyclone-tw.com
http://www.powacycle.co.uk
http://www.electricbikesales.co.uk
http://egovehicles.com
http://www.electricbicycle.com.au
http://www.evehicle.com.au
http://www.electric-bicycle.cn
http://www.greenspeed.us
http://www.sourceguides.com/energy

6. TAX CREDITS
http://www.dsireusa.org
HOME POWER
http://www.homepower.com
SOLAR TODAY
http://solartoday.org
Solar Industry NEWS
http://www.seia.org
http://www.solarbuzz.com
Solar Industry MAGAZINE
http://www.solarindustrymag.com
Recharge your Electric Auto with RENEWABLE ENERGY
http://www.bergey.com http://www.bwea.com http://www.vestas.com http://www.awea.com
http://solarenergy.org http://greendragonenergy.co.uk http://www.lowimpact.org
http://www.scoraigwind.com http://www.greenempowerment.org http://www.grupofenix.org
http://www.solarliving.org http://www.arthaonline.com http://www.the-mrea.org http://www.txses.org
http://www.irenew.org http://www.nmsea.org http://www.azsolarcenter.com
http://www.microhydropower.com http://www.newenergycorp.ca http://www.canyonhydro.com
http://wattsun.com http://www.lorentz.de http://www.etsolar.de
http://www.solargenix.com http://solar.sharpusa.com http://solren.com http://www.spirecorp.com
http://www.windpower.org
http://www.sourceguides.com/energy
http://www.i2p.org
http://www.ises.org http://www.firstsolar.com
http://www.rmi.org
http://www.sourceguides.com/energy
Do not bend over and allow Big Oil to molest your Family, Friends and Community
VOTE SOLAR
VOTE SOLAR
http://votesolar.org
http://www.seia.org
http://www.blackboxvoting.org
http://valparaiso.indymedia.org/news/2006/09/8723.php
DVD: Uncounted; Director: David Earnhardt
DVD: Hacking Democracy; Director: Simon Ardizzone
book: What Went Wrong In Ohio; by Congressman John Conyers
book: What Happened in Ohio; by Bob Fitrakis

7. IS YOUR CONGRESSMAN IN BED with BIG OIL?
How much bribes (campaign contributions) did your congressman take from the sleazy OIL Companies?
CAMPAIGN FINANCE INFORMATION CENTER
Where does the money come from?
http://www.campaignfinance.org/states
CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY
stop the Fat Cats from BRIBING your politicians
http://www.publicintegrity.org
POLLUTION and RACISM, INJUSTICE
book: Confronting Environmental Racism; by Robert Bullard
book: Environmental Injustices; by David Camacho
book: Environmentalism and Economic Justice; by Laura Pulido
book: Pollution and the Death of Man; by Francis Schaeffer
book: From the Ground Up, Environmental Racism; by Luke Cole
book: Struggle for Ecological Democracy; by Daniel Faber
book: No Safe Place, Toxic Waste and Community Action; by Phil Brown
FREE eBook on Oil Spills: Not One Drop
http://www.scribd.com/doc/31483843/Not-One-Drop
Big Oil¶s Dirty Secrets
http://bigoil101.insanejournal.com