Rape seed oil fuel

[freak_unique]

Dunno if there really is a section for this but theres this place opposite my work which is called "Rocket fuels" and apparently they are using rapeseed oil to make fuel does anyone know about this? I was wondering if they were making fuel for cars etc and how it works and will it replace petrol or can it be used as petrol?
Any comments are appreciated
cheers

[DirtyHabit]

I saw a snippet on TV a few years back in which it was stated, That it was possible to grow enough Rape seed in the UK to supply all our fuel needs. Don't know how true that was.....but you can bet the oil companies would'nt like it and would get in on the act and it would probably be the last you would hear about it.

[RATTER15]

I imagine they are making a diesel fuel replacement. The deisel engine as I understand it was originally made to run off peanut oil as a cheap fuel for peanut farmers in the USA.

[RATTER15]

see this http://www.petrolprices.com/blog/would-you-opt -for-biodiesel-15.html

[Mortartube]

It's called biodiesel and there is quite a lot of information about it online. It can be made from waste vegetable oil from the local chippy. Filter it, add a couple of chemicals and leave it for 24 hours. Syphon off the top stuff, that is biodiesel, the bottom bit it glycerin. Simple cheap and bound to annoy the oil companies.

[freak_unique]

Cheers for your answers guys :)

[freak_unique]

ooo hehehe i rated my own answer too didnt realise i could do that :D