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Originally Posted by RWebb View Post
the guys here doing cooking oil to diesel are doing well - it is a simple process (I was able to convince a neighbor NOT to do it in his backyard)

they have 3 or 4 service stations that sell it
heat it, filter it, mix with methanol, done. But only in very small batches. Ok it's a little more complicated that that but not much.
The methanol is the dangerous part, big toxic.

But to do it on an industrial scale, there just isn't used cooking out on the planet.
Not to mention it cost about $10/gallon new in bulk .....
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