I recently read in an article by the magazine Fast Company
(http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/120/motorhead-messiah.html)
about a guy that modifies H2's to run on a hydrogen supplemented biodiesel engine that gets way better gas mileage, better horsepower, puts out way less emissions than an original H2, and can run on oil from deep fat friars. This guy also was a seventh grade dropout.
From the article and some other research I found that biodiesel engines can run on recycled vegetable oil, but could cause the engines to lock up overnight because of the glycerides or something.
But this makes me wonder why biodiesel engines are not the biggest thing hitting the streets. I mean, there is probably more fast food restaraunts than there are gas stations in this country and I'll bet that if there were some type of recycled vegetable oil processing plant at each of these stops we would already have a great infrastructure for biodiesel fuels.
Whenever you here the arguments against electric and hydrogen cars it always starts with the idea that there is no network of places to refuel the things. I know that there is E85 ethanol that is already out there at gas stations, but it seems to me that this could take place much faster.
Anyone have any other insight on this?
(http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/120/motorhead-messiah.html)
about a guy that modifies H2's to run on a hydrogen supplemented biodiesel engine that gets way better gas mileage, better horsepower, puts out way less emissions than an original H2, and can run on oil from deep fat friars. This guy also was a seventh grade dropout.
From the article and some other research I found that biodiesel engines can run on recycled vegetable oil, but could cause the engines to lock up overnight because of the glycerides or something.
But this makes me wonder why biodiesel engines are not the biggest thing hitting the streets. I mean, there is probably more fast food restaraunts than there are gas stations in this country and I'll bet that if there were some type of recycled vegetable oil processing plant at each of these stops we would already have a great infrastructure for biodiesel fuels.
Whenever you here the arguments against electric and hydrogen cars it always starts with the idea that there is no network of places to refuel the things. I know that there is E85 ethanol that is already out there at gas stations, but it seems to me that this could take place much faster.
Anyone have any other insight on this?
