I recently asked a friend who collects, filters and sells wvo, about the longevity of the stuff. How long can I store wvo before it will go bad? He didn’t have a definitive answer but his response is informative on many levels.

It’s hard for me to give you a good answer on this because I have had similar experiences to yours. I have have had UNFILTERED oil sit for only a few weeks and smell just awful, but I also have never had filtered oil go bad on me. I think that because we are required to render the oil, and then we remove all the particles that a year [of shelf life] can easily be achieved if the container is air tight and it’s not sitting in direct sunlight etc.. If i was going to have oil sit for a while i would buy a diesel biocide (a chemical designed to prevent growth) and add that to the veggie oil. Our oil doesn’t really get a chance to sit for too long, but like i said I’ve never had the filtered stuff go bad. Hope that helps!

We are witnessing a truly historic event and a turning point in what has been a very dark time for our country. For the first time in my political life, I am excited and optimistic about a Presidential candidate. Barack is the real thing.

Check out the first few minutes of his speech in St. Paul Minnesota on Tuesday night.

In a very interesting article in today’s NY Times, the full cost of ownership of various vehicles is compared. The difference in the cost of owning a Ford Focus and a Ford F-250 pickup (over five years) is $60,000! This is equal to the annual pretax income of a typical American family.

The most telling part of the article was this:

The company [General Motors] is also considering selling its Hummer brand, an emblem of the megavehicle. Rick Wagoner, G.M.’s chairman, explained the moves by saying that he thought the shift toward more efficient cars was “by and large, permanent.”

So GM has finally gotten the message loud and clear, about 35 years late.

According to the article, last month the Toyota Corolla and Camry and the Honda Civic and Accord all surpassed the F-Series trucks in new vehicle sales. “It was the first month since December 1992 that a car — not a truck —
was the country’s top-selling vehicle.”

That, plus Barack Obama clinching the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. The times they are a changin’.

I get frequent questions about the best way to filter oil. After three years of filtering oil, I have tried many different set ups and arrived at a pretty simple setup that works well for me. Here is a short video tour of how to set up a do-it-yourself system for filtering waste vegetable oil.

Note: The clicking sounds you hear are from a woodpecker just outside the barn. I’ll try to redo this video to improve the quality.

One popular question I get is how to set up a home fueling station. Here is a short video showing my home filling station for filtered waste vegetable oil. It is powered by solely by gravity.

Note: This is a do-it-yourself project. Vegcar.net doesn’t sell any products at this time, nor do we have plans to do so in the future.

My hosting company ehostpros.com had an explosion (literally) at their Houston server facility. No one was injured but all of their hosted sites were down for a little mover 24 hours. I’m testing the site now to see if we are back online.