OT oil shortage was: Celebration (Not intended to be off ensive, possible humor)

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Mon Jul 9 11:43:12 2001

> That's great. That's exact the kind of inventiveness that is needed
> to solve the energy crisis. However I think you'll agree that it would
> be rediculous to require that ALL cars run on chip oil.

To Chad and others, yes this is the same oil used to fry french fries at
McDonalds etc. And yes you can run your diesel engine on it. Diesels will
burn most anything that can be flowed through them. A friend of mine did
this (put a combination of vegetable oil and a thinner) into his car when
he went in for his California emissions check. Since vegetable oil breaks
down into slightly different components he really confused the guys but he
passed! Building a methanol digester is probably the best.

--Chuck
Received on Mon Jul 09 2001 - 11:43:12 BST