Just returned from a weekend trip to the Bay Area. I filled up before the trip with WVO but didn’t have any extra filtered oil to take along. (My winter filtering has been very slow.) I sent out a few emails asking folks for a fill up in Sonoma, SF or the South Bay, but to no avail.

Diesel was $2.59 at most stations in the South Bay. So, for the first time, I decided to try out some new vegetable oil. I went to Costco where 100% soybean oil was $11.99 for a 5 gallon “cubie”. At $2.40/gallon, this was a good deal, so I bought 25 gallons. The car obviously loved it. I drove the 200 miles home and the engine ran as smooth as silk.

Though my intention is to use recycled, waste veg oil, most of the time, this was a good alternative to buying petro-diesel. I still got the satisfaction of having done less damage to the environment and withheld my dollars from the petro/war machine.

I think I’ll stock up on 100 or so gallons of the new stuff just to have on-hand for those times my filtered wvo supply runs low.

“This administration reacts to anyone who questions this illegal program by saying that those of us who demand the truth and stand up for our rights and freedoms somehow has a pre-9/11 world view. In fact, the President has a pre-1776 world view. Our government has three branches, not one. And no one, not even the President, is above the law.”

– Sen. Russ Feingold at TalkingPointsMemo

I wonder if the Bush Administration is spying on the vegcar community. Avoiding the use of fossil fuels, withholding critical funds from Exxon and the Saudi Government, is certainly subversive and unpatriotic.