Waste Vegetable Oil Fuels

A few weeks ago I finally broke down and bought some diesel. I had a sluggish moment that I thought might have been the filter clogging. It passed, but got me worried enough that I got some petrol diesel. Here is a graphic I stole off of the NOAA site. It shows the temperatures, in […]

It has come to my attention that you can die, burn your house down, get hurt real bad, and other nefarious and awful things. I am also aware that some people blindly follow instructions without using common sense, and then sue. This blog details a “hacked”, non-standard use, out of code, possibly illegal, not mother […]

So I was still a bit nervous about the latest batch. It looked like the emulsion had broken but I was still left with some seriously cloudy biodiesel. I took a sample and decided to heat it up to see if I could get it to clear up. I put the jar in a pot […]

Today was a biodiesel-ful day. It started with a lunch our trip to check out this eBay wagon in our own little town of SLC, and ended with Jim filling up with biodiesel and taking some for the road. He’s committed now.
Cummings Lever Cars, on Main on 40 something-th South is a micro oasis for […]

Today on the 3rd floor I heard the sweetest sound. It was the sound of a Mercedes 300D. The combination of alley outside my window and our glass skinned / earthquake safe building really lets the sound penetrate. I looked out and saw the silver jewel reflected in the glass of the building across the […]