Driving a Bus Using Vegetable Oil?

Colleges & Universities University of Virginia
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<p>Here’s a cool article about a UVa engineering student who converted an old bus engine to be able to drive him and his friends all the way to Alaska w/ only recycled vegetable oil from fast food restaurants as fuel.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/insideuva/2005/10/oil.html[/url]”>http://www.virginia.edu/insideuva/2005/10/oil.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>i read about that something like that in my algebra 2 book last year, it was supposed to be like a fun fact.</p>

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<p>We need to ween ourselves away from our dependence on petroleum. </p>

<p>I hope Luke is successful in his trip.</p>

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<p>No, Luke didn’t convert the engine on the bus. All diesel engines can run on vegetable oil. What he did was install a mobile filter inside the bus so that raw unfiltered vegetable oil from fast food joints can be poured directly into the bus’ gas tank. Another point to note is that diesel engines, especially those that run on recycled vegetable oil, may not be more environmentally-friendly than petrol-based engines. Depending on the type of diesel engine used, and the kind of filters that come attached, there could actually be more greenhouse gases being emitted.</p>