Thursday, July 10, 2008

Austinites try to power cars on french fry oil

From statesman.com, July 6, 2008...

Two years ago, concerned about the specter of higher oil prices and the future of the environment, Walker Stemple decided to sell his gas-thirsty, three-quarter-ton Dodge 2500 pickup.

It was the kind of step that many Americans have been taking lately. But Stemple, along with at least a couple of dozen other Austinites, has gone further than most: His new sport-utility vehicle is specially outfitted so that it can run on vegetable oil.

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