Comments on: My French Fry Fuel Fix

By: tcmom

tcmom — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:00:59 +0000

Ilinap – Thats very cool. Its win-win, they want the stuff off their hands. But even he’s keeping quiet b/c he wants his fuel for free. Could we ever meet the demand if we all had cars running on it? Sidebar: I was annoyed my rolls got more expensive recently and just happened to talk to the baker at the store. He said more farmers were not growing grains but making bio-diesel and so the demand for grains was up and along with fuel costs, bread was going up. I thought that was an interesting point.

By: ilinap

ilinap — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:27:33 +0000

The contractor who renovated our house runs his truck on ENTIRELY grease he gets for FREE from area restaurants. They’re happy to give it away. He’s reluctant to toot his own horn for fear of competition for the supply. But seriously, what a great use of utter waste!

By: tcmom

tcmom — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:25:53 +0000

Sugar – Hysterical! Thats exactly what McDs would do w/ 99c Tuesdays. Very cool about your bike. I was watching MTVs The Real World (inknowiknow) and they had a laptop computer powered by a stationary bike. See, now if I could hook my car up to a bike, I could get a great work out and charge that Saturn right up!

Damselfly – Yeah, thats where I got the idea. I’ve heard chinese veggie oil makes the best fuel too! And there’s that bus that went across country stopping at restaurants collecting their veggie oil. So it CAN be done for sure. But then if it CAN be done, why aren’t more cars running on the stuff? Is it meeting the demands? Could even the mass-production/consumption freaks at McD’s keep up with demand? Who knows. A thousand holes in my plan, I am telling you.

Holly – I was thinking about that too. And how psyched McD’s would be having everyone craving fries.

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:46:02 +0000

Great idea! I’ve heard of this too. Might make me hungry every time I drive, though.

By: Damselfly

Damselfly — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:43:48 +0000

I’ve heard of engines that run on leftover french fry or Chinese food oil. I also read an article about a retired engineer who was making his own fuel out of vegetable oil, and his state wanted to sue him for not paying fuel manufacturing charges! Crazy! You’d think they’d be applauding his ingenuity.

By: Sugar

Sugar — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:19:32 +0000

And knowing McD’s, they’ll probably sell it for like 99c on Tuesdays, or maybe you can Super Size it, or hey, can I get a shake with those fries?

I recently moved into a Master Planned Community (sounds Borg-ish, I know) that has everything within walking distance. Thank God, because gas is $4.55 in San Diego. I have this cool beach cruiser that I love riding around on. Pedal Power, BABY! My neighbors used to laugh, but now they are asking me where I got my bike. Yeah, that’s what I thought… Our grocery store just opened up last week. Now if my therapist would move here, I’d NEVER leave.

Okay… that might be a little Borg-ish…