Originally Posted By: Blast
Sidenote: the white, waxy coating on the outside of Chinese tallow trees can be made into a good biodiesel. We have TONS of those trees all over Houston.


Chinese tallow trees??!! Well, dang. There are more things in heaven and earth ...

Might be enough to keep the Dietz lanterns going. Not sure about the Kenworth.

But I do approve of all mad experiments in this direction. And if I had an old Mercedes that would run on recycled KFC, I would absolutely drive it around for my own amusement. I hope it could handle the entrained salt content.

Thinking about my current vehicles, though, I'm not sure alternate home-made fuels would sit well. The days of the dumb, carbeurated gasoline engine are long gone. Now it's all about efficiency, fuel injection and sensors up the wazoo. Would they run on 80% home-brew ethanol (and 20% water)? I'm doubtful.