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Auto industry recovery
On 8/29/2013 8:53 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:12:34 -0400, John H wrote: On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:06:55 -0400, wrote: On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:11:42 -0400, John H wrote: On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 15:21:27 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote: On 8/29/2013 2:04 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: I have often said the same thing... Wonder how a diesel powered, electric car would do... It would probably happen under this administration if they could figure a way to make a diesel engine that would run with a 50% ethanol mixture. John (Gun Nut) H. Bio diesel is the sweetheart of the moment. There are so many people around here burning cooking oil that used oil has gone from something they had to pay to haul away to another profit center. (usually pure cash for the chef or restaurant manager) At my wife's place they trade it for free electrical work. Their electrician runs his trucks on cooking oil. My owner's manual specifically prohibits it. But I hear it's pretty damn cheap! John (Gun Nut) H. This guy has a home built reprocessing facility in his shop and he says the resulting oil is as good as anything you get from a pump. I gotta' look back through my FB posts.. I have a picture of a hippie bus in there I ran into last year at the end of the season. They came and got about 6 gallons of cooking oil from my fryer and ran it in their bus. The bus is equipt with a filter pump and system right in line so you pour the straight cooking oil in one tank, it cleans and filters it, and runs it in the engine all in one shot.... |
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says... On 8/29/2013 8:53 PM, wrote: On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:12:34 -0400, John H wrote: On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:06:55 -0400, wrote: On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:11:42 -0400, John H wrote: On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 15:21:27 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote: On 8/29/2013 2:04 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: I have often said the same thing... Wonder how a diesel powered, electric car would do... It would probably happen under this administration if they could figure a way to make a diesel engine that would run with a 50% ethanol mixture. John (Gun Nut) H. Bio diesel is the sweetheart of the moment. There are so many people around here burning cooking oil that used oil has gone from something they had to pay to haul away to another profit center. (usually pure cash for the chef or restaurant manager) At my wife's place they trade it for free electrical work. Their electrician runs his trucks on cooking oil. My owner's manual specifically prohibits it. But I hear it's pretty damn cheap! John (Gun Nut) H. This guy has a home built reprocessing facility in his shop and he says the resulting oil is as good as anything you get from a pump. I gotta' look back through my FB posts.. I have a picture of a hippie bus in there I ran into last year at the end of the season. They came and got about 6 gallons of cooking oil from my fryer and ran it in their bus. The bus is equipt with a filter pump and system right in line so you pour the straight cooking oil in one tank, it cleans and filters it, and runs it in the engine all in one shot.... Oh, horse****! It just isn't that easy. |
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