Green Options » diesel prices http://greenoptions.com/tag/diesel-prices Posts tagged 'diesel prices' Wed, 14 May 2008 15:10:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Run Your Car on Mor Chikin http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/05/14/run-your-car-on-mor-chikin/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/05/14/run-your-car-on-mor-chikin/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 15:10:31 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/05/14/run-your-car-on-mor-chikin/ A Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich. (Image credit: J. Reed at Wikimedia Commons under a Creative Commons license.)Southern fast-food favorite Chick-fil-A is known for its commercials featuring a cow holding a sign that says, “Eat mor chikin.” But two University of Central Florida students have turned to the chicken chain for a new purpose: “Run your car on mor chikin (grease).”

Mechanical engineering students Eric Williams, Chad Heinrich and Michael Schulist turned to the University of Central Florida’s local Chick-fil-A for used cooking grease, which they convert into biodiesel fuel to run their cars. They’re also passing along 20 percent of their home-brewed fuel to the university, which is using it to power trucks, lawnmowers and other diesel vehicles.

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