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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile
One of our clients is a major fast food restaurant chain. The grease interceptors installed on their facilities are typically 1,500 gallon units which get pumped out about every week or two. That's a helluva lot of grease. Certainly not enough to power the nation, but a staggering amount nonetheless. I imagine the "grease-pumper-outer" companies will be seeing a market for the removed product soon. Probably a good business to get into - get paid by the restaurants to pump out their interceptors and then get paid by a third party for the sludge. Not bad.
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No question, it's those rendering companies and transport co's who will be the first to really pinch the supply. Even smaller independent truckers are catching on. I was talking to a guy last week who wants me to convert his company's 2006 6.4 powerstroke. He figured that even if he went through an engine every second year, he's still be WAY ahead. A couple guys like that in one town, and the supply dries up quick.
People are even moving away from the term "waste" vegetable oil... it's hardly a "waste" product if there are people willing to buy it. There are restaurants being PAID for their used oil already, even locally here. I expect to be paying within a year or two.
Side note: I'm going to a regional get-together tomorrow for people who do used oil conversions and biodiesel. I'll snap some pics... they range from $500 beaters to 40k pickups. A couple unimogs too. Neat stuff, even to see how they convert the vehicles. From "Home Depot" conversions done by hippies, to 3k fully automated systems.