eatery across the United States are reporting that thieves are stealing their used cookery oil , turning it into black - market biodiesel made in garage distilleries . In many cities where biodiesel fuel is popular , restaurants can gain up to $ 1.25 per congius of the used stuff . oil color pirate , however , are rarely look to make a Pearl Sydenstricker Buck . They are just whipping up biodiesel for their own use , cutting out middleman who go through a complicated enfranchisement process with the Environmental Protection Agency so as to distill the fuel from oil .
The Associated Press reports :
Grease is transformed into fuel through a chemical process called transesterification , which removes glycerin and add methanol to the oil , leaving a thinner product that can power a diesel motor engine . Biodiesel can also be meld with oil diesel , and blends of the substitute fuel are now betray at 1,400 gas stations across the country . But as the cost of Rudolf Diesel shoots up , so , too , does the value of grunge .
That ’s where the pirates hail in . specially in area where a lot of people are driving biodiesel machine , it can be much cheaper to brew your own fuel from steal cooking oil than to bribe it from licit source . I ca n’t wait to hear people extend me biofuel under their breaths , along with kind buds , when I walk down the street in San Francisco . Image via AP .
Biodiesel Pirates Steal Used Cooking Oil[MSNBC ]
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