Friday, May 30, 2008

Transesterification

Grease is transformed into fuel through a chemical process called transesterification, which removes glycerin and adds methanol to the oil, leaving a thinner product that can power a diesel engine.

- AP/Miami Herald (link here)

I had no idea that grease was so valuable.

Gilbert Brown was ahead of his time.

1 comment:

Elizabeth said...

When Mr. Diesel first invented the Diesel engine, he did, in fact, use kitchen grease to power it.