[Shop-talk] Bio diesel question.

[ejrussell at mebtel.net]

> I guess my question is, will I hurt anything if I drain (filtered) used
> cooking oil into my heat oil tank?
>
> This is mostly for a 'clean' way to dispose of the oil, and if I save a
> few pennies (and don't hurt the burner) that's a bonus. 

I *assume* it won't hurt - in the same way adding a couple of gallons 
of most anything that'll sort of burn into a few hundred gallons of 
fuel oil 'won't hurt'. But I'm not sure why you'd bother. Why not give 
it to someone who does make BioDiesel or drives a vehicle converted to 
burn cooking oil?

Eric Russell
Mebane, NC