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Some Aussies are making diesel from cooking oil to avoid paying for petrol. Here's why that's a bad idea

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Australians are making their own diesel because Australia isn't dangerous enough already

If you've seen any "Mad Max" movie, you know the measures Australians will take to keep their engines running.

Loyola University's lab turns used cooking oil into fuel to run buses

The Searle Biodiesel Lab makes 8,000 gallons a year of cleaner-burning fuel from waste oil sourced from Loyola’s dining halls, the Art Institute of Chicago, Shedd Aquarium and elsewhere.
New York Post

Australians resort to ‘cooking their own petrol’ as fuel prices surge past $3

Aussies have started taking matters into their own hands as skyrocketing fuel prices push some to extreme and inventive lengths, with a tradie and reality TV star going viral after revealing how he’s ...
The Business Times

China’s used cooking oil ships to US as war drives biofuel boom

Fuel makers now are scrambling to acquire feedstocks to churn out renewable diesel Read more at The Business Times.
Nature

Performance and Emission Characteristics of Vegetable Oil Fuels in Diesel Engines

Vegetable oil fuels offer a renewable alternative to conventional diesel by utilising triglyceride-rich feedstocks such as rapeseed, soybean, palm and waste cooking oils. When employed in ...