I know a guy who runs his car on vegetable oil and is actually paid to do it by McDonalds. He doesnt do it for any publicity or travel the country showing people...he just modded his engine ('04 Toyota Pickup) and McD's pays him 1k every month to come and take the vege oil away which fuels his car until the next pickup. He thinks it's the best thing in the world but there arent enough restaurants for the entire nation to run off of it

 

MCdonalds is getting a deal off of that because they pay companies even more to take their oil away

 

Yeah I agree...it's only one McDonald's but theyre obviously pretty smart. It just shows the mentality of the US general public though because it seems that almost everyone is complaining about Gas priced but they arent taking the incentive to do some research and change things for themselves. At this point it would still be easy to talk to just about any restaurant who would gladly give away if not pay you to take away the oil. I guess the retrofit for the engine was only 4 or 5k too so he made that Cash back in 5 mos NOT including how much he saves on gas

 

dont worry, the plan to surround the majority of oil fields in the middle east is well under way. Go take a look at where either troops are positioned or bases are. its funny when you see how badly iran is surrounded. Anyway, the alternative thing is fine and all but the ease of availability (aka gas stations) is decades away

 

i dono about you guys....but im still pulling for banana peels and flux capacitors....forget reality crap.....lets just all get deloreans and time travel.

 

^^lol dont forget beer and trash

 

>>>>Anyway, the alternative thing is fine and all but the ease of availability (aka gas stations) is decades away <<<<
Exactly Jim.....My brother runs cooking oil in his diesel PSD, but mixed with real diesel. He says it is a pain to not only get the oil, but the mixing process is also not too convenient. Whenever we get this oil made from whatever available at the pumps that will actually burn in our Mustangs without spending a ton of money for mods, then it is a pipe dream for most of us. Face it, we are stuck with using dino gas in our ponies.

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Like others I have used methanol in race engines for years, but it is not trouble free, first meth burns at about twice the rate of gas, so fuel mileage on an old tang would be about 7 to 10 mpg, it can also be very hard to start in cold weather. I like to burn the stuff, makes great power and engine wear is minimal. It can leave a dry white powder if you leave it sitting for long periods, and a bad batch of fuel can also consume aluminum, makes a real mess of a fuel pump and inside the carb, however the high gas price is making it a better buy , if we can get a better distuibution system methanol use could be something to consider.