It takes one week in a half-acre area in Minden for used cooking oil from restaurants to be processed into biodiesel fuel. Now contained within that same half-acre is the means to pump it into a diesel-powered vehicle.
With the help of a new product by a local manufacturer of waste oil burning equipment, restaurants in La Crosse and elsewhere won’t have to throw out fryer grease anymore.
The government’s plan for the mandatory use of 5% palm oil content (biodiesel) in diesel by January 2007 may hit a snag if production of biodiesel becomes too expensive due to the rise of crude palm oil (CPO) prices, analysts said.
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After hitting the 50-lakh tonne mark in the whole of oil year 2004-05 (November/October), vegetable oil imports into the country have slowed down in the first nine months of the current year.
With the ongoing pain at the pump, drivers are starting to think outside of the box. A Tri State businessman, who owns three McDonalds, is using the leftover grease to fuel his car.
Australia’s largest biodiesel facility has been officially opened at Narangba north of Brisbane. Australian Biodiesel Group (ABG) claims the facility will boost choice and price competition in the diesel market.