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Subject:Re: broccoli confusion (WAY OT)
From:John Rodgers
Date:Wed, 12 Jan 2000 12:00:33 -0600

I saw in the past an article showing a man driving a VW Rabbit diesel which
used left over frying oil. He collected oil from numerous restaurants,
strained it well and added something like 10 or 15% keroseene.

Drove it as a daily driver.

John Rodgers
88 GL driver

Chris Gkikas wrote:

> Okay, if any of you tricksters are interested, here's the link to my
> hydroponics pages:
> http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9860/hydro.html
>
> What happened was I meant to reply to an individual as well as the hydro
> list, and I accidentally typed the vanagon list's nickname instead of
> "hydrolist."
>
> I've read that a vehicle was built that ran off vegetable oil drained
> from restaurant kitchens.  It's a diesel engine that's hooked up to this
> huge gizmo they pull on a trailer.  I think it's called "The Green
> Machine."  It gets terrific mileage and is environmentally friendly with
> next to zero emissions.  FYI.
>
> Good gardening and good cruisin'
> Chris