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To: maceng2 who wrote (50719)	10/10/2002 8:58:20 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) of 281500

>>Frying Squad on scent of cooking oil motorists By Nicola Woolcock (Filed: 10/10/2002) Drivers trying to beat rising fuel costs have discovered a cheaper means of powering their cars - cooking oil. They are mixing the oil, which costs 32p a litre, with methanol and using it in place of diesel, which retails at about 74p. Police and Customs officers are trying to tackle the problem by sniffing out offenders, whose cars give off a distinctive "chip shop" smell. An increasing number of motorists in Llanelli, west Wales, are filling their tanks with cooking oil in place of diesel after word spread. The town's Asda supermarket sells more cooking oil than any other branch in Britain and is now limiting sales as a precaution. A spokesman said: "Anyone seen attempting to wipe out our stock with bulk purchases would be stopped." One driver said: "I've halved my motoring costs since I started running my diesel on cooking oil. The car runs just as well and even smells a lot better." He was one of dozens to have their cars impounded in the police crackdown, and said: "I was stopped by an unmarked car which had blue lights flashing. The officer went to the fuel tank, dipped it, and found cooking oil. "I put my hands up to the offence and the car was towed away. They said Customs would be notified." The AA warned motorists of the dangers of running cars on cooking oil. Its spokesman said: "It could severely damage your vehicle." The drivers of impounded cars are fined £500 and charged a £150 towing fee. Persistent offenders could face up to seven years in jail.<< telegraph.co.uk I've never heard of biodiesel before, but it appears to be legal in the US. biodiesel.org Why is it illegal in UK? Don't your environmental whackos have a decent lobby? No more Middle East oil? I am going to phone my husband and tell him he can buy that diesel power Beetle he's been craving.

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