Tuesday—Green Living:
Show the Earth Some Love This V-Day

February 10, 2009 Written by Danielle Davis

If you’re looking to show some love to more than just your honey on Saturday and you happen to drive a diesel vehicle, Lovecraft Biofuels just may be your sweetheart. By having waste veggie oil power your car, you’re getting free from foreign oil and only emitting a fraction of its greenhouse gases, sending a veritable valentine to the world.
After all, Rudolph Diesel designed the original diesel engine to run on peanut oil. Unfortunately though, growing food for biofuel can pose problems (like the energy to grow and transport it may cancel out its other benefits, along with how crops like corn could feed the hungry instead. But not to worry, there are other ways—you can collect waste oil from restaurant fryers (often for free) and use what would normally end up either in the sewer or in a bar of soap to power your wheels instead. Hey, if French fries can’t make your heart tick better, at least their residue can make your engine gun. It’s the ultimate in recycling.

That’s where Lovecraft comes in. It’s the home of human converters like Jason who says he loves that you can “avoid the usual channels” of getting gas by providing biofuel while eliminating waste. He’ll help you convert your car for about a grand and in less than 24 hours and then walk you through the process of collecting and filtering waste veggie oil to keep it chugging. You can also opt for one of the DIY conversion kits if you’re an adventuresome driver.