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Subject:cooking grease as engine fuel
From:Lisa Drew
Date:Fri, 4 Aug 2000 14:42:49 EDT

Forgive me if the list has already examined this case. I can't resist sharing it in case it's news. This item is from an environmental news service called Greenwire:

"Justin Carven, a student at Hampshire College, MA, took an interesting route for his senior project. Carven converted a 1982 Volkswagen Westfalia camper van to run on leftover cooking grease. Carven: "The plan is to get some exposure to build up support for alternative technology." The van gets 20 to 25 miles per gallon (Ellen G. Lahr, Boston Globe, July 27).

Lisa Drew
red 87 syncro Westfalia (about to drive x-c from D.C. to Seattle and then ferry to Haines, Alaska, and drive from there to Fairbanks)

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