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Started 4 years ago by chivespa1
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chivespa1

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Particularly recycled veg oil turned into homemade diesel? If not someone do you know of any organizations in central ohio advocating this and how to get in touch with them? This is for a project I'm working on, thanks!

Posted 4 years ago #
Mercurius
First Avenue
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I can help you. But the people I know live in Athens. We made a plant in The Ridges to run OU fleet on bio-diesel. I was responsible for getting it to astm standards. COTA is using some, so might want to ask who they are getting it from.

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PodFive
Vic Village/Short North
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CABS on campus uses Biodiesel in their bus fleet.
Here's their website:http://tp.osu.edu/cabs/index.shtml
If you let me know exactly what you're looking for from someone, I can probably get you more detailed contact info.

Posted 4 years ago #
Motorist
The Trots
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Mid Ohio Bio
http://www.midohiobio.com/

Posted 4 years ago #
chivespa1

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Awesome, thanks everyone, keep 'em coming. CU is the best for helpin' folks out.

Posted 4 years ago #
blammo
in the shadow of the wonder of bread
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A friend of mine converted his diesel Mercedes, but I'll have to get in touch with him & ask if he's interested in fielding questions.

Posted 4 years ago #
enzo

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I met a guy the other night who represents SANIMAX biofuel...recycling oil, fats, grease from restaurants and meat packing plants and turning it into fuel.

Posted 4 years ago #
bob.os
Columbus *not* Cbus
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chivespa1 wrote Particularly recycled veg oil turned into homemade diesel? If not someone do you know of any organizations in central ohio advocating this and how to get in touch with them? This is for a project I'm working on, thanks!
Heck. Anyone buying the E85 from the pump at Giant Eagle is running some sort of Biofuel. There's a spectrum from that to the full-on greasecar conversions (running filtered waste oil in tandem with refined diesel).
The Mid Ohio Bio group is a great resource, as is Clean Fuels Ohio. Most of us who drive VW TDI-powered cars also know a bit. There's a Yahoo group called columbustdidrivers.
In addition to the E85, there are a number of B20 and B5 (soy diesel blends) pumps in Ohio. I buy mine at McWherters off of RT42 in Delaware.

Posted 4 years ago #
Motorist
The Trots
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Clean Fuels Ohio will have a booth at Earth Day 2008 festival in Goodale Park this Saturday.
http://www.nowgetbusy.org

Posted 4 years ago #
jpizzow
580 N. Park St.
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i'd actually consider converting the ole wrangler if it were affordable, my monthly gas bill would go down, and the infrastructure was conveniently located around town. don't see that happening anytime soon.

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BCOZ

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My hippy cousin will roll into C-Bus tonight in his 1984 Olds that runs on biodeisel.
Every year he stops by on his way from Burlington Vt to...oh....Colorado and Alaska.
Yeah...dood has prolly run that POS 300K+ miles on biodeisel. Amazing.

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