08/02/06 Illeagal Substance in your Tank

From $300 - $3000, on line sites with names like Plantdrive.com, vegggiestroke or Frybread can teach you how to modify your diesel vehicle into a rig that can really cook, on cooking oil. Cooking oil fueled automobiles seem to make environmental sense as they use a renewable fuel that burns less carbon dioxide. But before becoming coming a convert there is one limiting factor. They happen to be illegal. That's right, The Federal Environmental Protection Agency has stated that using cooking oil as fuel violates the Clean air Act and subjects the owner to a $2750 fine. Some see the EPA as hypocritical to penalize an environmentally friendly fuel but new cars must be EPA certified and until a veggie EPA certification exists officials at the EPA fear veggie oil which is denser than diesel could create more soot . So if you are intent on running on salad oil, beware those French fry fumes might betray you resulting hefty fine.