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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 09 > Fuel pioneers are in hot oil

Fuel pioneers are in hot oil

California’s laws leave many efforts to use vegetable oil tangled in red tape

By Evan Halper / The Bulletin
May 9, 2008

Dave Eck, a Half Moon Bay, Calif., mechanic, had attracted a media spotlight with his fleet of vehicles fueled by used fryer grease from a local chowder house. So when Sacramento called, he figured officials wanted advice on promoting alternative fuels.

Not at all. The government rang to notify....

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