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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.
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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.
What is the Demographic of the Hetalia fanbase?
Lyn Willow
I know a lot of hetalia fans in the USA, but exactly how big is the fanbase in total? It originated in Japan, so I assume there are a lot of fans there, but to what extent does it stretch to the rest of the world? Since it is mostly an internet thing, it's probably gone global. I know without asking that the female ratio is a whole lot larger than the male portion, but exactly how much so? if anyone could provide some actual statistics, or perhaps a graph, I would be much obliged. <3
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Well, I know it's known in Korea. They were pretty pissed off about the character South Korea. Seriously, it even made the news. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGzT1eUoC6Y&feature=related
If any country were to get pissed off over Hetalia, you'd think it'd be Italy...
Other than that, the best I think I can give you is a link to this site: http://sites.google.com/site/hetaliaindexes/
It's really popular for people who want to read the web comics. It has a flag counter on the side of the home page. It shows how many people from certain countries have visited the site. Hopefully that should help to give you an idea. :)
Well, I know it's known in Korea. They were pretty pissed off about the character South Korea. Seriously, it even made the news. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGzT1eUoC6Y&feature=related
If any country were to get pissed off over Hetalia, you'd think it'd be Italy...
Other than that, the best I think I can give you is a link to this site: http://sites.google.com/site/hetaliaindexes/
It's really popular for people who want to read the web comics. It has a flag counter on the side of the home page. It shows how many people from certain countries have visited the site. Hopefully that should help to give you an idea. :)
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