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Thanksgiving thoughts: biodiesel from a deep-fried turkey

In the last few years, there have been a lot of people who have changed the cooking device for the holiday bird from the oven to a big deep fryer. As our DIY readers probably know, all of this frying oil can create a great opportunity to later make biodiesel. Since it takes around 3-5 gallons of oil to fry a turkey, the days after Thanksgiving are a great time to collect for your home Appleseed reactor. This is what my friends and I did a few years ago and it worked quite well. If you're a cooker but not a biodiesel brewer, you can still ... Read more →

Big jump in the cost of Thanksgiving travel, ethanol trade group claims to help Sam Abuelsamid

Here in the US, this is Thanksgiving week and it's usually one of the biggest travel weekends of the year as people hit the road to visit family. With gas prices on the rise again, it's expected that ...

White House Thanksgiving turkeys delivered by Flex Fuel Ford running on E85 Lascelles Linton

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/offbeat_news/White_House_turkeys_get_21_vehicle_motorcade'; The traditional pardoned White House turkeys were delivered by a Flex Fuel Ford F-150 running on E85. The ...

Thanksgiving thoughts: biodiesel from a deep-fried turkey 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In the last few years, there have been a lot of people who have changed the cooking device for the holiday bird from the oven to a big deep fryer. As our DIY readers probably know, all of this frying oil can create a great opportunity to later make biodiesel. Since it takes around 3-5 gallons of ...

Big jump in the cost of Thanksgiving travel, ethanol trade group claims to help 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Here in the US, this is Thanksgiving week and it's usually one of the biggest travel weekends of the year as people hit the road to visit family. With gas prices on the rise again, it's expected that travel will cost Americans an extra $520 million this weekend compared to last year. But guess who's ...

White House Thanksgiving turkeys delivered by Flex Fuel Ford running on E85 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/offbeat_news/White_House_turkeys_get_21_vehicle_motorcade'; The traditional pardoned White House turkeys were delivered by a Flex Fuel Ford F-150 running on E85. The turkeys were named "May" and "Flower" and not "the names the Vice President suggested, which was ...


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