Rodney

I talked to a guy who made his own biodiesel; actually, he had a biodiesel co-op going for a while made up of surfers and students and other people who wanted to save money on gas. They would collect "white" grease (not sure what that means) from restaurant's grease traps (they'd get it free, for hauling the grease away on a regular basis), then get together and brew up a batch in somebody's garage. He told me that it was important to _wear protective clothing,_ even if it's just work gloves and old oilcloth raingear. Well, anytime you're dealing with lye and stuff like that, it's a good idea.

The coop thing fell apart because both students and surfers tend to move on at regular intervals, but he's now distributing biodiesel in town, biodiesel that's commercially made. The current problem with mass-producing biodiesel from used animal fat is that the refiners have to compete with the rendering industry (used fat goes into soap and other products). Things can always change, of course.