Posts Tagged ‘bio-diesel’
grease fill up
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Bio-diesel is fast becoming more than just a grass roots fuel used in converted old VW vans. Bio-diesel has been greatly popularized by the likes of Gov Schwarzenegger, car guru/innovator Jonathan Goodwin and shows like Pimp My Ride. And since the availability is pretty much on every corner of America, why not come up with solutions tied to increased product sales. Here is a little background (via Wikipedia): Biodiesel is distinguished as vegetable oil (sometimes referred to as “waste vegetable oil”, “WVO”, “used vegetable oil”, “UVO”, “pure plant oil”, “PPO”) used as fuels in some converted diesel engines. In some cases the benefits are very apparent, as it will result in lower emissions than regular diesel and this resource is renewable (otherwise be just waste).
So take a look around, if you are like me, you probably see some sort of fast food restaurant that is serving up food cooked in grease. For many people looking to fill up their tanks, this means pulling up their cars to the back of the restaurant and dumping in the grease.
Idea: Restaurants get in the act and capitalize off this trend. First the restaurants and make their grease traps more accessible by providing a filtered filling hose to make this whole process cleaner and easier. After that, people who wish to fill up their tanks must first order a meal then can fill up their tanks. Everyone benefits as restaurants can make a few bucks on the meal but also promote this “green” service. Car owners benefits from simple, clean and filtered grease making the fill up process so fast.
