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Biodiesel and bioweasel
I'd like a diesel car too, but I have to admit some cynicism about the whole alternative fuels craze. It makes environmental sense to recycle used cooking oil from McDonald's, maybe, but when you start growing crops just so people can drive to the gym you gotta wonder. I don't think there are enough french fries made to power all the cars motoring past the drive-thru window. One of the main food shortages in the world is in fact cooking oil. How can biodiesel not compete with cooking oil supplies?