anyone here use grassoline in their deisel car/truck? are you satisfied? is it cost efficient? where do you get the fuel from?

No, I don't. We buy only premium grade fuel for our vehicles. Truth be known, I've never even heard of grassoline.

http://www.northbay.com/evergreen/gallerystories/solar_interns.html

There are "grassoline" pumps, where big-rig and tractor drivers can clean up their emissions by filling up on USDA-approved biodiesel for $2.40 a gallon. The parking lot has priority spaces equipped with electric automobile chargers. Even the gift shop sells completely organic "Blue Sky" cola.

I don't think this is something serious.

I don't think this is something serious.

Why not? The name "grassoline" may be a joke, but biodiesel is very much a real thing.

http://www.afdc.doe.gov/altfuel/biodiesel.html

it's no joke... I think... a friend of mine was telling me about Daryll Hannah (or however you spell her name) was talking about it on the Conan O' Brian show. And I do remember reading a long time ago that the guy who invented the diesel engine intended it to burn vegetable oil so that we wouldn't be dependent on foreign oil...

I've searched for grassoline on yahoo though and all I get is some musical sites.

rigmarole

This must be what your friend was talking about. http://www.grassolean.com/

Darryl Hannah is a spokesperson for them.

BTW, Bio-diesel is the fuel, Grassolean is the company who promotes it, specifically biodiesel made from used fryer oil.

This must be what your friend was talking about. http://www.grassolean.com/

Darryl Hannah is a spokesperson for them.

BTW, Bio-diesel is the fuel, Grassolean is the company who promotes it, specifically biodiesel made from used fryer oil.


aso.. muchas gracias. grassoLEAN, not grassoLINE I guess that must be why my search came up stupid.

thanks

rigmarole

so does anyone here use the stuff? please speak up if so

I knew someone who does. Does that count? :D

Seriously though... she told me a bit about it... she had a old '70s rabbit that she converted. She started off mixing small amounts of veg oil with her diesel and slowly increased the amount of oil in the gas, until she was finally 100% veg oil. She got the oil from the back of chinese restaurants & fast food joints. Not sure how she got the crunchies out of the oil though - maybe used a filter.

Anyway, there are some stations here in portland that sell biofuel. I've only seen two, but they're out there. Then again, Portland tends to be "out there" too. ;)

amy

And I do remember reading a long time ago that the guy who invented the diesel engine intended it to burn vegetable oil so that we wouldn't be dependent on foreign oil...



I've never read that Rudolf Diesel had plans to use vegetable oil.
In the early 1900's there was no problem with foreign oil, but it was hard to get.
Petrol had to be bought at the pharmacist.

As for mixing diesel with vegetable oil; it's said that you can go to mix-ratio's uptil 50% without problems, but not with turbodiesels, these are more sensitive to the fuel quality.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldiesel.htm

Rudolf Diesel's inventions have three points in common: They relate to heat transference by natural physical processes or laws; they involve markedly creative mechanical design; and they were initially motivated by the inventor's concept of sociological needs. Rudolf Diesel originally conceived the diesel engine to enable independent craftsmen and artisans to compete with large industry.

And I do remember reading a long time ago that the guy who invented the diesel engine intended it to burn vegetable oil so that we wouldn't be dependent on foreign oil...

rigmarole

I know someone who has a car like that. She just added an extra heater to the engine to make the grease the same consistancy of diesel gasoline. All you have to do is stop at the nearest fast food joint to take the grease off their hands that they have to throw out anyway. Free fuel!