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| | As gas prices continue to rise in the United States, car owners are turning to their favorite bistros for a gasoline solution. Specifically, they are seeking our recycled vegetable oil. Environmentalists have been using recycled vegetable oil as fuel for years. Now, with the high price of petrol these so called veggie cars are also becoming cost effective in many ways. For example, Etta Kantor drives to a Chinese restaurant in her neighborhood every couple of weeks. At the restaurant, she picks up a few buckets of used vegetable oil that the owner of the bistro has set aside for her use. Once home, Kantor will use a colander to strain the vegetable oil and will further filter it to remove water and food particles. The vegetable oil is then put into a fifteen gallon tank that sits in the trunk of her Jetta -- where a spare tire normally would be kept. By only touching a button, which is placed just above the radio, Kantor can switch from diesel fuel to the vegetable oil instantly. Restaurants have to pay to get rid of old vegetable oil. They are happy to give it away to people like Kantor for free. |
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