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Vegawatt...turns used deep fryer oil into electricity

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A new garage-engineered generator burns the waste oil from restaurants' deep fryers to generate electricity and hot water. Put 80 gallons of grease into the Vegawatt each week, and its creators promise it will generate about 5 kilowatts of power.

That's about 10 percent of the total energy needs of Finz, a seafood restaurant in Dedham, Massachusetts, where the first Vegawatt is being tested. At New England electricity rates, the system offsets about $2.50 worth of electricity with each gallon of waste oil poured into it.

Vegawatt's founder and inventor, James Peret, estimates that restaurants purchasing the $22,000 machine will save about $1,000 per month in electricity costs, for a payback time of two years.
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Love the idea

Edit:
The government of Great Britain is officially retarded:

In Europe, home-brewed biodiesel from both virgin and waste vegetable oil was so common that in 2002, police in Great Britain set up a "frying squad" to seek out and ticket chips-scented cars using the cheaper, tax-free cooking oil.

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Ticketing people for being innovative and saving the environment?
WTF?
:frown:
 
Originally posted by: adlep
Love the idea

Edit:
The government of Great Britain is officially retarded:

In Europe, home-brewed biodiesel from both virgin and waste vegetable oil was so common that in 2002, police in Great Britain set up a "frying squad" to seek out and ticket chips-scented cars using the cheaper, tax-free cooking oil.

Link

Ticketing people for being innovative and saving the environment?
WTF?
:frown:
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Saving the environment is one thing, avoiding taxes is another.
 
wtf...have fun collecting 80 gallons of oil. I'll pay my electric company $0.50 for those 5kWh of electricity.
 
Originally posted by: RU482
wtf...have fun collecting 80 gallons of oil. I'll pay my electric company $0.50 for those 5kWh of electricity.
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Don't be stupid. This is obviously for restaurants to "recycle" their used cooking oil.
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Originally posted by: RU482
wtf...have fun collecting 80 gallons of oil. I'll pay my electric company $0.50 for those 5kWh of electricity.
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Don't be stupid. This is obviously for restaurants to "recycle" their used cooking oil.
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Wow, a little touchy for a Saturday night there, Geff
 

Have you smelled a home made biodiesel storage facility?

It is a good idea if you have the space for storage with out offending the neighbors with the smell.

 
Originally posted by: drnickriviera
pretty sure that article meant to say it produces 500 kilowatts off of 80 gallons, or possibly 5000 kilowatts
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Great if you own a resturant, for sure. As an average Joe, I had the diesel mercedes and I did the gathering oil bit. Great if you are making minimum wage. If you're not, fuck that
 
Originally posted by: NoShangriLa

Have you smelled a home made biodiesel storage facility?

It is a good idea if you have the space for storage with out offending the neighbors with the smell.
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I always heard the exhaust of the biodiesel cars smells like burritos, or whatever food the restaurant cooks that the oil came from.
 
Originally posted by: newb111
Originally posted by: adlep
Love the idea

Edit:
The government of Great Britain is officially retarded:

In Europe, home-brewed biodiesel from both virgin and waste vegetable oil was so common that in 2002, police in Great Britain set up a "frying squad" to seek out and ticket chips-scented cars using the cheaper, tax-free cooking oil.

Link

Ticketing people for being innovative and saving the environment?
WTF?
:frown:
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Saving the environment is one thing, avoiding taxes is another.
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I doubt most people were trying to save the environment. Sounds like to me they were purchasing and using new cooking oil, which negates the benefits to the environment.
 
Originally posted by: OulOat
Originally posted by: newb111
Originally posted by: adlep
Love the idea

Edit:
The government of Great Britain is officially retarded:

In Europe, home-brewed biodiesel from both virgin and waste vegetable oil was so common that in 2002, police in Great Britain set up a "frying squad" to seek out and ticket chips-scented cars using the cheaper, tax-free cooking oil.

Link

Ticketing people for being innovative and saving the environment?
WTF?
:frown:
Click to expand...

Saving the environment is one thing, avoiding taxes is another.
Click to expand...

I doubt most people were trying to save the environment. Sounds like to me they were purchasing and using new cooking oil, which negates the benefits to the environment.
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it sounds like the british govt just wants to wring more money from tree huggers.
 
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