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Some years ago I bought Mother Earth news which featured a story about a guy who drove a van across the USA, using recycled oils he collected from diners along the way. Does anyone recall when that issue came out; who the guy was; any contact details?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Answer
Just search for "biodiesel recipe". It helps if you get the spelling right. Then you'll find sites like in the links below. Ultimately, each batch must have a recipe adjusted to it through titration of test batches and not all waste vegetable oil are of sufficient quality for home production. With home use, the glycerins are waste products that need to be disposed of ( it's illegal to just pour it down the drain ). It's a good idea to have your vehicle modified to run directly off waste vegetable oil which requires the engine first be started on regular diesel or transesterfied biodiesel and only switched to vegetable oil when both the engine and the vegetable oil are heated to the right temperatures ( the fuel lines and valves also should be heated ), the engine also has to be purged with regular diesel or transesterfied biodiesel before being shut off. However such a modification allows you to avoid processing most of your waste vegetable oil as only a small amount of processed biodiesel would be needed.
The collection of vegetable oil from diners are problematic. The diners are happy to have them removed but they also have signed removal contracts with a waste oil removal service and therefore the waste oil is really the property of the waste oil removal company. The waste oil also has a value to the removal company as they sell it to refineries and to cosmetics manufacturers. It's best to find out when the waste fuel pick ups are and avoid collecting your oil on the same day to avoid a conflict with the collection service. Also, if biodiesel becomes popular, then the waste vegetable oil will suddenly become expensive, not free.
Articles on people making biodiesel happens all the time, it would be impossible to narrow it down to just one issue of Mother Earth news as it's an ongoing topic repeated very often.
Just search for "biodiesel recipe". It helps if you get the spelling right. Then you'll find sites like in the links below. Ultimately, each batch must have a recipe adjusted to it through titration of test batches and not all waste vegetable oil are of sufficient quality for home production. With home use, the glycerins are waste products that need to be disposed of ( it's illegal to just pour it down the drain ). It's a good idea to have your vehicle modified to run directly off waste vegetable oil which requires the engine first be started on regular diesel or transesterfied biodiesel and only switched to vegetable oil when both the engine and the vegetable oil are heated to the right temperatures ( the fuel lines and valves also should be heated ), the engine also has to be purged with regular diesel or transesterfied biodiesel before being shut off. However such a modification allows you to avoid processing most of your waste vegetable oil as only a small amount of processed biodiesel would be needed.
The collection of vegetable oil from diners are problematic. The diners are happy to have them removed but they also have signed removal contracts with a waste oil removal service and therefore the waste oil is really the property of the waste oil removal company. The waste oil also has a value to the removal company as they sell it to refineries and to cosmetics manufacturers. It's best to find out when the waste fuel pick ups are and avoid collecting your oil on the same day to avoid a conflict with the collection service. Also, if biodiesel becomes popular, then the waste vegetable oil will suddenly become expensive, not free.
Articles on people making biodiesel happens all the time, it would be impossible to narrow it down to just one issue of Mother Earth news as it's an ongoing topic repeated very often.
More and More I find Fox News reporting things that are not true?
Angel Eyes
My husband has to watch Fox News after the national nightly news. The show is filled with all the bells and whistles and I tolerate it, because I like Shepard Smith. But, while my husband is sleeping I gather most of the news from more valid sites on the internet. And, they often tell a different story than I heard listening to their news that night. So, I'm beginning to think that Fox either doesn't report the news right or chooses not to.
How do others feel about this ?
Answer
Good for you. Keep it up.
You were right to guess that Fox chooses NOT to report the news straight. They are on a mission, and their goal is to sell you a political philosophy, not give you the news. In fact, if somebody on Fox says something, believe the opposite. Shep Smith is OK but the rest are frauds.
The only goal of news should be to inform. Fox's political philosophy appeals to people who find the news on other networks hard to understand. They need simple answers. They like to watch people yell at each other. Fox shows are popular, but, fortunately, really not as popular as you might think. About 3 million to 3.5 million people watch Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck every night, but about 6 million watch the CBS Evening News, 8 million watch ABC's World News, and about 9 to 9.5 million watch the news on NBC with Brian Williams.
The most consistently popular websites for news are CNN at 32 (27 million unique visits) and The New York Times at 50 (17 million).
For April 2010, the numbers changed a little, not much. The most popular News websites were, in order:
1. CNN (approx. 48 million.)
2. MSNBC
3. New York Times
4. Huffington Post
5. Fox News (approx. 23.5 million)
6. Washington Post (22 million)
7. Los Angeles Times
8. Reuters
9. ABC News
10. USA Today
I know this is more information than you asked for, but I hope it helped you.
Good for you. Keep it up.
You were right to guess that Fox chooses NOT to report the news straight. They are on a mission, and their goal is to sell you a political philosophy, not give you the news. In fact, if somebody on Fox says something, believe the opposite. Shep Smith is OK but the rest are frauds.
The only goal of news should be to inform. Fox's political philosophy appeals to people who find the news on other networks hard to understand. They need simple answers. They like to watch people yell at each other. Fox shows are popular, but, fortunately, really not as popular as you might think. About 3 million to 3.5 million people watch Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck every night, but about 6 million watch the CBS Evening News, 8 million watch ABC's World News, and about 9 to 9.5 million watch the news on NBC with Brian Williams.
The most consistently popular websites for news are CNN at 32 (27 million unique visits) and The New York Times at 50 (17 million).
For April 2010, the numbers changed a little, not much. The most popular News websites were, in order:
1. CNN (approx. 48 million.)
2. MSNBC
3. New York Times
4. Huffington Post
5. Fox News (approx. 23.5 million)
6. Washington Post (22 million)
7. Los Angeles Times
8. Reuters
9. ABC News
10. USA Today
I know this is more information than you asked for, but I hope it helped you.
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