This document provides information on using vegetable oil as fuel for diesel engine cars. It discusses different types of vegetable oil fuels including waste vegetable oil, straight vegetable oil, and pure plant oil. It explains that vegetable oil viscosity is reduced through heating or blending for better combustion in diesel engines. The document also outlines some pros and cons of vegetable oil fuels, such as being non-toxic but requiring large-scale production. Additionally, it provides sources for learning more about converting vehicles to run on vegetable oil and issues around the environmental impacts of vegetable oil fuel production.

1. Details of Using Vegetable Oil Cars
Vegetable oils are derived from different parts of plants especially the seeds. Vegetable oils are either used
directly as a fuel or blended with various materials to reduce its viscosity to use it as a fuel. The viscosity of the
vegetable oil fuel is lowered to the desired level for complete combustion. The vegetable oil fuels are extracted
mainly through chemical processes. Another way of extracting the vegetable oils is through mechanical means.
Type of fuels used
Vegetable oil is used as a fuel for powering diesel engine cars. The vegetable oil itself is classified as waste
vegetable oil, straight vegetable oil and pure plant oil. The viscosity of the vegetable oil fuel is reduced by pre-
heating it using the waste heat generated in the engine. Normally the car engine is started in diesel and later
switched to vegetable oil fuel when it becomes warm and back to diesel engine before turning it off. The most
efficient plant product that can be used for production of vegetable fuel is algae. The vegetable oil fuel can be
used straight in a diesel engine or is modified into biodiesel.
The performance of Vegetable Oil Powered Cars
Better efficiency is achieved without making any modifications to the car by mixing vegetable oil fuel with
diesel fuel. The vegetable oil should be used within sensible limits to achieve better performance. The
production of diesel substitute from vegetable oil is easier and energy intensive than production of ethanol as a
gasoline substitute. A duplicate fuel system is installed in the car for heating up the fuel when required. The
warm up time will vary depending on the temperature, quality of the oil and the response of the engine to the
viscous fuel. The performance of the car is reduced if the vegetable oil used as a fuel is not pure. The impurities
in the vegetable fuel may result in the breakdown of the diesel engine. Mechanism for pre-filtering of the
vegetable oil is required for a better performance of the vegetable oil fuelled car as these pre-filters avoid filter
clogging. Various kits are available to convert diesel car to a vegetable oil fuelled car. The performance and the
fuel efficiency of the vegetable oil fuelled cars is dependant on the proper and error free functioning of these
kits. Small embedded computers can also be fitted in the car which monitors the conditions and automatically
do the fuel switching at the required time. Effective operation of these computers increases the performance as
well as the ease of operation of the vegetable oil fuelled cars.
Pros and cons of the Vegetable Oil as a Fuel
Vegetable oil fuels are completely environment friendly. They are far less toxic than fuels like diesel and
gasoline. The cost of storing energy as vegetable oil is low compared to that of fossil fuels. Vegetable oil is a
cleaner burning fuel compared to other available fuels.
Burning of these fuels does not emit any harmful substances into the atmosphere.
Another advantage of vegetable oil fuels is that the fuel can be produced locally. The foreign oil dependencies
are reduced significantly leading to reduction in the cost of fuel. Properly managed oil production from
vegetable products will have little effect on food production.
The vegetable fuels have higher flash point and thus has a much lower risk of fire or explosion compared to
gasoline. The vegetable fuel is a better lubricant than petro diesel.
Vegetable Oil Cars in different countries

2. The main source of vegetable oil in the UK is rapeseed. The rapeseed oil also known as Canola oil and has a
freezing point of -10 C. United States leads in producing waste vegetable oil. Much of the world production of
vegetable oils is from palm.
Environmental benefits of Using Vegetable Oil
The growing demand for vegetable oil fuel may result in causing deforestation. Vegetable oil production needs
to be increased by many times to replace the fossil fuels. Such an increase in production will impact the
environment adversely. This may affect the ecosystem. Vegetable oil spills are dangerous as they cause an
imbalance to the ecosystem. This may increase the biological and chemical oxygen demand and leading to de-
oxygenation of water. The environmental issues related to the use of vegetable oil fuel include solid waste and
by-products, hazardous materials, wastewater, emissions to air, and water and energy consumption. The
processing of the plants to generate vegetable oils results a large amount of organic solid wastes and by-
products. The amount of waste generated depends on the amount of the raw materials used and the method
chosen for production. The chemical processing of the plants results in generation of many toxic waste products
which affects the ecological balance adversely. Good production control systems need to be implemented to
reduce the pollutant emission. The waste water generated while processing a vegetable oil is highly toxic. They
may contain high concentration of suspended solids, organic nitrogen and oil and fat. Various efficient methods
need to be formulated for the waste water treatment.
The vegetable oil processing emits particle matter and volatile organic compounds into the atmosphere. Dust is
mainly produced by the cleaning, screening and crushing of the raw materials.
Cost of the fuel
As the solar energy is available free of cost, the cost of solar car fuelling is dependant on the solar panel which
generates the electrical energy. Once the initial cost in setting up is covered the running of a solar car is free of
cost as the maintenance cost is very less.
Vegetable Oil Tax benefits in the UK
Many countries have zero taxation over vegetable oil driven cars. Some countries impose restrictions to produce
vegetable oils without acquiring proper licenses. For those people who produce or use vegetable oils less than
2500 liters per year, government has introduced exemption on vegetable oil duty to be paid. It has been found
that the combined price of vegetable oil fuel and the taxation for its usage has made its price exceed that of
diesel fuel.
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
http://www.vegpower.com
http://www.elsbett.com
http://biocar.de
http://www.enviofuel.com

3. 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.
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.

4. 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
as New Orleans and as far north as Seattle, the car is fueled by used cooking grease collected at restaurants along the
way.

5. 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
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

6. 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
TAX CREDITS
http://www.dsireusa.org

7. 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
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

8. 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