---- Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com> wrote:
> At 05:41 PM 3/11/2011, Dave Mcneely wrote...
> >I ran into something definitely new to me, and it seems odd.  While
> >looking for motor oil at a store, I saw something called, "Bio  based
> >full synthetic G oil."  The label described the stuff as "Grown and
> >made in the USA," and "API SM 5W30" was printed in the normal API
> >circle symbol.
>
> You mean, like, coal is made from old, dead plants, and therefore a
> bio-fuel?

No.  This stuff is made from beef tallow.

But, your mention makes as much sense as the claim that "synthetic" motor oil is not petroleum based.  It is, of course, made from petroleum.  mcneely