re: banning cars from manhattan (paul goodman) SOLAR.KnowledgePublications.com

re: banning cars from manhattan (paul goodman)
25 aug 2005
zenboom  wrote:

>> >> the first pa renewable energy festival will have a grease car
>> >> conversion workshop. see

http://www.paenergyfest.com

>> the bruderhof have a fleet of 10 old jettas that run on filtered
>> french fry oil, with plastic 5-gallon tanks in the trunks and
>> diesel fuel in the original tanks for winter starting. the local
>> fast food places pay $50/drum to have the oil removed...
 
or maybe that's $100/drum...?

>for those of us who won't be making it to pa, can you forward some
>detail on how this conversion is done?

i don't know the workshop content, but the 5-gallon bruderhof jetta
tanks contain a pipe loop with some radiator water moving through it
to keep the used french fry oil liquid in wintertime and a valve on
the dashboard marked "diesel" and "veg." the valve stays in the veg
position in summertime. in wintertime, they start on diesel and switch
to veg after a few minutes, then switch back to veg just before the
drive ends to ensure the fuel line is filled with diesel for the next
startup. iirc, the newer conversions switch automatically with timers
and solenoid valves. jetta fuel filters get replaced 4x per year, more
often than usual, because of particulates that remain in the oil after
simple filtering. 

they also converted an old mercedes and talked about opening a 25 cent
per gallon veggie fuel station in downtown rifton, ny and doing diesel
car conversions for hire...

nick

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join pe drew gillett and phd rich komp and me for a workshop on solar house
heating and natural cooling strategies at the first pennsylvania renewable
energy festival on saturday september 24, 2005 near allentown. see

http://www.paenergyfest.com/workshop-info.shtml