VegOil? WVO? VVO? SVO? What do you call the stuff you put in your grease car?
The National VegOil Board, as you might remember from yesterday, has got a new status for their group (official non-profit) and is setting out to broaden understanding and discussion of using vegetable oil for transportation. The trouble is that the oil has different names depending on the source of the yelloq liquid and the person speaking. Those in the know call it waste vegetable oil (WVO), straight vegetable oil (SVO) or virgin vegetable oil (VVO). Those who don't know sometimes confuse these oils with biodiesel. It's clear new terminology needs to be arranged. Here at AutoblogGreen, we usually use WVO or SVO, depending. The VegOil board, as you may have guessed, has decided on VegOil as a simple term for all three. Cynthia Shelton, NVOB founder, writes, "We have chosen VegOil (capital V & O) because it is easy to pronounce, descriptive, and distinct from edible oils and BioDiesel." Makes sense, but I still don't like the capital D they use in BioDiesel. AutoblogGreen readers, what do you think is the best word for plant-based oil used as transportation fuel? Do you like VegOil? What do you call it around the co-op?
[Source: National VegOil Board]
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Phil L. 5:43PM (11/15/2006)
Hmmm - I haven't seen the VVO abbreviation used commonly, so I did some quick Googling.
And discovered that some sources seem to treat the terms SVO and VVO somewhat interchangeably.
I presume that 'virgin' means it didn't first take a trip through a deep fryer. But that's also how I interpret SVO (i.e., as opposed to WVO).
So what's the real distinction between SVO and VVO?
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DaWiz 7:10PM (11/15/2006)
How about VegOila?
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Sebastian 7:43AM (11/16/2006)
Phil,
Yea, VVO and SVO are often used interchangeably, which is one reason Cynthia wrote that the term was not even worth considering.
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chuck goolsbee 7:43PM (11/16/2006)
I call it "veggieoil" if I'm talking to somebody not fluent in the full spectrum of the Diesel world, but use the term "WVO" when talking to fellow Diesel-heads.
As for the capital "D" in Diesel and BioDiesel, that is because Diesel is a proper name. You don't use lower case letters in people's names... unless you are lazy like me. ;)
--chuck
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Tim 3:15PM (11/21/2006)
I think VegOil is just fine. I'd like to use “Pure” or “100%” before VegOil to differentiate it even further from bio-diesel. As far as I know, the engine doesn't care whether it’s properly filtered and dewatered WVO or clean SVO/VVO. The only difference I can see is that WVO may lead to occupant and bystander obesity by increasing junk food cravings and more frequent trips to the local fast food joints. Want fries some with that shake?? ;)
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