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23 December 2002

Oil Fuel

Forget fossil fuels, forget oil wars - according to our next guest, any diesel engine can run on the kind of oil you use in the frying pan at home, vegetable oil.

His do-it-yourself guide, now in its third edition, tells you how to make biodiesel from what's left in the chip fryer, how to build a biodiesel processor at home, and how to convert your diesel engine to run on cooking oil straight out of the bottle.

Joshua Tickell joins us form Melbourne

Publications

Title: "From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel"

Author : Joshua Tickell

Publisher: Environmental Publications International