The first diesel engine was run on peanut oil.
http://www.edmunds.com/advice/specialreports/articles/93338/article.html

Tom

--- John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:

> I saw a story on the history channel about George
> Washinton Carver
> tonight. Biodiesel was something he worked on many
> years ago with Henry
> Ford. Even then, Ford and Carver recognized that
> petroleum fuels were
> not fine and a substitute needed to be found. I
> found it interesting
> that Soy or Peanut OiL with 10% Alcohol and boiled,
> would remove the
> glycerin(10 %)  and leave biodesel (90%). This
> biodesel runs extremely
> clean.
>
> Interesting stuff!!
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>

http://www.TomSinclair.com

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