Monday, April 26, 2010

Do you think bacon grease be refined like oil to make a fuel that will burn in a car?

I seen on TV On a documentry that they are experiementing with cooked grease to use for fueling a car. That they are asking restaurants to save all there grease and they are refining it to use for fuel. Maybe in the future we will have a car that will run on cooked used grease. Won't that be cheaper?Do you think bacon grease be refined like oil to make a fuel that will burn in a car?
Homer Simpson tried to profit in the bacon-grease business, with humorous results. Yeah, it can, but is it worth it?Do you think bacon grease be refined like oil to make a fuel that will burn in a car?
Yes
Yeah, I think a diesel will burn most anything like that.





One guy made some modifications to his car to burn the used oil from chinese restaurants. At Yellowstone, a bear tried to eat his car.
only in a deasil
There are a small number of cars already on the road that burn various types of cooking oils. These engine/fuel combos are called ';bio diesels.'; Usually the prefered oil is used vegetable oils such as those used for french frys, although I think bacon grease would work.





There are a couple big negatives. 1) The used oil must be filtered to remove large and small solid chunks. 2) It must be heated slightly to be liquid enough to pass thru the fuel system. So the ';gas tank'; must have some type of built-in heater.
Yeah, but it would be better to refine the used oil from a restaurants deep fat fryer. The fuel is called bio-diesel and it is something that a person can make in their own basement, but it requires playing around with chemicals like lye which can be dangerous. Check online for Bio diesel set ups and you will find plenty of resources on setting up your own refinery and what types of engines work best with bio diesel. Just be ready to leave a trail of fumes that smells alot like whatever was cooked in the grease. Bacon, Fries, Dougnuts etc.

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