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Piles of Tesla owners stranded at charge stations abandons their EV's.

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themadhippy:

--- Quote ---why don't we skip EV and use normal diesel ICE cars powered by our fast food waste?  The technology already exists..
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many have in the uk,and our good old goverment is there with there hand out demanding the fuel duty

Andy Chee:

--- Quote from: BrianHG on January 18, 2024, 10:43:48 pm ---
--- Quote from: Andy Chee on January 18, 2024, 11:21:34 am ---You can charge your EV from waste cooking oil as well!

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Cooking oil can be clean filtered and run through most diesel engines with perhaps some adjustments.  So, if you want to use waste cooking oil from your fryers and don't mind your exhaust smelling like french fries, why don't we skip EV and use normal diesel ICE cars powered by our fast food waste?  The technology already exists...

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Putting aside emissions regulations and climate change issues, "free" electricity from rooftop solar is usually more readily available than free waste cooking oil, particularly if that energy source gains mass common usage.

Another issue particularly in the USA is that waste oil often belongs to the big corporate waste companies i.e. taking waste oil is regarded as theft.


EEVblog:
Latest John Cadogan video, guess the subject:

Stray Electron:

--- Quote from: Andy Chee on January 19, 2024, 12:34:35 am ---
Putting aside emissions regulations and climate change issues, "free" electricity from rooftop solar is usually more readily available than free waste cooking oil, particularly if that energy source gains mass common usage.

Another issue particularly in the USA is that waste oil often belongs to the big corporate waste companies i.e. taking waste oil is regarded as theft.


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  You can't be serious! Why are you stealing used oil?   There are restaurants on very street corner and several in the middle of the block and they ALL use cooking oil and most will give it to you for the asking. The same with used motor oil and used transmission fluid and used gear box oil. I have a number of friends that use all of them in their diesel trucks.  But in some states they will stop trucks and check to see what fuel you're using and will issue you a very heavy fine if they find you using anything other than on-road diesel fuel. It's all about the revenue! North Carolina is very bad about that and i see them checking the fuel in trucks every time that I go through there.  Otherwise the use of other fuel sources would be much more common.  True some places do get paid for used oil but only pennies per gallon and if you're a friend or a regular customer, they will give it to you if you ask.

pickle9000:
This is the craziest / funniest thread ever. Could you imagine a shortage of french fry oil in the US? Off grid living
hiding out from the bad guys . Wait I'll make some moonshine and run my car on that. And promptly grows some
corn, year later moonshine. Has a party and the moonshine s gone.... but it was a good party. The cornbread was
great. And the struggle continues.

In case I wasn't clear the bad guys are the french fry oil bandits. Not sure but I think its for cooking because they
all drive EV's.

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