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 Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:05 pm |
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I have an unusual combination of vehicles, a small hybrid car and a
medium-sized diesel moving van for my business, which is mostly buying
estate and yard sales, abandoned storage units, etc. for resale. I
drive the hybid to auctions to bid and empty te larger ones with my
van. I'll freely share some energy tips, aside from the usual trip
planning and combination.
My hybrid uses SAE 0W-20 oil, an extremely low viscosity oil which
when I change it I run thru a coffee filter and add to my diesel mix.
I had already converted the engine to use old fry bath veggie oil and
previously added used 5W-30 oil from my previous car with good
success. To this, I often add various things I find in auction lot
sales that you may have in your garage gathering dust: two stroke oil,
kerosene, lamp oil, barbecue starting fluid, mineral spirits paint
thinner, baby oil, castor oil, and suchlike things. After Thanksgiving
I get a lot of peanut oil from neighbors who deep fried a turkey or
two. I had an arrangement with a couple of restaurant owners for their
used grease, I am working on more, latenight grease thieves are
complicating that. My latest project involves higher viscosity used
motor oils, I am looking for a used centrifuge to isolate and remove
the sludge.
During WWII, housewives were implored by the gov't. (and largely
cooperated) in saving their cooking grease for use in the war effort.
After wide collection, it was converted in much the same way as
today's biodiesel factories, though the main purpose at the time was
to obtain the glycerine for dynamite and other war production. some of
the fatty acids were used for napalm, and of course, soap. A few
pennies were paid at the local butcher shop, the main collection
points in those days. Perhaps a similar thing could be done today,
millions of tons were collected then on a third the population that we
have now. Many neighborhoods now collect newsprint, cans and bottles,
and plastic, it may not take much more to add grease to the collection
effort. I hope that this is of help to some people that may have stuff
in their garages that is useful.-Jitney |
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