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Should I switch to straight veggie oil? What is holding SVO back?

We like to answer reader questions with our Greenlings series whenever possible, and thought that Timothy H. had a good topic. He sent in the following question/suggestion about straight vegetable oil (SVO): I have seen several articles dealing specifically with SVO, but not as it concerns the economic viability compared to petro-diesel. I mean there are articles out there, but I'm interested in knowing why I should/should not use SVO in my car, what benefits I have to look forward to, what problems people have had from using it, etc. Is ... Read more →

What is the difference between biodiesel and SVO? Sebastian Blanco

if you're used to filling up your car with standard gasoline, the difference between biodiesel and straight vegetable oil (SVO, but it also has other names) might be a clear as mud. Here's a cheat ...

Michigan students power buses with veggie oil Jeremy Korzeniewski

It's no secret to the majority of our readers that it is possible to run many older diesel engines on nothing more than straight vegetable oil. In fact, the first diesel engine, invented by Rudolph ...

Craigslist Find of the Day: '67 Mercury Cougar with Mercedes diesel engine Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click on the image for high-res shots of this diesel 1967 Mercury Cougar Much of the vegetable oil and biodiesel movement centers around the classic Mercedes-Benz inline six cylinder engine, but fine ...

AppstateBiofuels presents their "Closing the Biodiesel Loop" video Jeremy Korzeniewski

In this video, a young woman describes the process that AppstateBiofuels is using to "close the loop" on biofuel production. What that means is that they want their operation completely ...

PlantDrive: Harvesting SVO, Fueling Fans 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Ed Beggs grew diesel fuel in Ontario on his Canadian farm for years without realizing it. He called it soybeans back then. Today the British Columbia resident knows better. He likes to call it premium diesel fuel. Why the paradigm shift? Because Ed and his U.S. business partner, Craig Reece, ...

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