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Title: City's chip fat bus running dry in Bristol (16 December 2009) Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 16, 2009, 18:16:13 From the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8414280.stm):
Quote A bus in Bristol that is powered by bio-diesel fuel made from waste cooking oil is running dry and cooks are being asked to come to the rescue. Bus owners First have appealed for people to donate used oil to keep the bus, nicknamed "Chipper", on the road. The eco-friendly experiment started six months ago when the firm spent about ^1,000 to convert a normal bus. Running costs for the bus are the same as diesel and the firm said it would collect oil from businesses. Karen Baxter, from First, said: "It's run on 100% bio-diesel made from waste cooking oil - normal vegetable oil that you might fry chips in or roast potatoes this Christmas. You can't throw that oil down the plug hole anyway and businesses can't throw it away. It has to be recycled. We will collect it from businesses and individuals can take it to either of the city's recycling sites." Title: Re: City's chip fat bus running dry in Bristol (16 December 2009) Post by: caliwag on January 04, 2010, 21:18:21 Well I shallow fry...but can you imagine people saying "save that chip oil for the bus" seems unlikely...
Far better that households adopted some healthy alternatives...am I being elitist again? Sorry an extension of my humbug mode...it'll wear off, I'll be back with the alternaive oils soon.. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |