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A New Zealand company has declared that the ever increasing interest in running cars on 'biodiesel' fuel has
created a huge demand for supplies of waste cooking oil. The company is importing vegetable oil from the
India and Africa and is researching the viability of growing plants for fuel oil in New Zealand.
For those
interested in converting their cars to a more environmentally caring type the company manufactures a conversion kit
that allows vehicles to run on vegetable oil. This costs NZ£4000 enabling the car to run on diesel, recycled
or new vegetable oil, biodesal or a combination of the fuels.
At the moment the company collects most of its oil from restaurants and fast food outlets and recycles for use
as a fuel.
'There is outstanding potential in the renewable energy sector to augment or replace diesel fuel
with vegetable oil' said the company.
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4-11-2006 @6:03PM Marc said... Making biodiesel from restaurant waste oil probably results in net environmental benefit, but too much unbridled enthusiasm for biofuels could lead to severe negative consequences for nature. For example, soybeans grown on recently-cleared Brazilian rainforest or palm oil from recently-cleared Indonesian rainforest will decimate highly biodiverse regions and probably have a negative carbon balance and thus negate any CO2 benefits of biofuel. Already, Bird Life International has found evidence of plans for huge oil-palm plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia to supply biodiesel to Europe (http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2005/12/bioenergy.html). And if the big oil companies see that money can be made in biofuels, their past behavior implies that they will choose the cheapest and easiest way to get the revenue, which most likely means clear-cutting pristine rainforest to create massive palm or soybean plantations. I don't know how to avoid these problems in the future, but biofuel advocates need to be aware that major dangers could be just around the corner. The most sustainable approach is probably similar to the approach for eating: know your supplier and buy local.
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4-12-2006 @6:25AM Paulius said... Here in Cleveland, the Great Lakes Brewery has been doing that for a few years. They are one of the "greenest" restaurant/breweries anywhere. Grains used for beer are used for worm farming, oil from fryers is converted to biofeul and used in a shuttle to take customers to Cleveland Indians games. -And, it smells like french fries when the bus drives by!
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