Re: Yikes! Diesel $4.50/gallon

PerfectReign wrote:

> > Last fill, I put 2 gallons of petrodiesel in to fill the tank, but 
> > that's the first time I've been to the filling station in months.
> 
> I see many posts - both here and on places like benzworld - where they
> completely deride single-tank systems for using 100% WVO and the cold
> climates.

Yeah, I don't know that it'd work very well unless you kept your car
garaged, never parked it outdoors for long, and maybe even had a block
heater.  Or blend it with petrodiesel, but still- my experience starting
my car in the (barely) freezing weather is that it is Not Easy.  If I
lived in VT, I'd definitely go not only dual-tank but also route coolant
through my veggie oil.

Down in SoCal, though, dual-tank is a waste of energy.  :)

> So you filter your own? Do you collect as well?  I'm thinking it would 
> be easier - and more convenient - for me to have it delivered already 
> filtered in 50 gallon containers. I see rates in the middle $2/gallon 
> around here.

Yeah, that sounds like a ticket.  $2/gallon seems steep for something
that's already been sold once, but if they're bringing it to your house
I could see it being worth it.  Plus you wouldn't need to worry about
running out (I'm always right on the edge; the two 50-gallon drums in my
shed have less than five gallons a piece in them, although I've got
about 20G to pour tomorrow and another 50 or so for the coming weeks).
So I also have a garage full of vegetable oil jugs yet-to-be-filtered,
and it kinda stinks.


-tom!

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