Early this month I passed the 4-year anniversary of buying my veg oil fueled Mercedes 300D. As many 300D vegcar owners have experienced, the car required a considerable amount of repair work. These repairs included front-end work, replacing the air conditioning system, fixing the odometer and a window mechanism and an axle. No work has been required on the engine itself. These cars’ engines are build to run for a long, long time.

I have now logged approximately 40,000 miles on veg oil. I am really pleased with the performance of the car and of the fuel. I have never been 100% happy with vegetable oil as a fuel as a long-term solution to our energy needs. I have been reading a lot lately about our world-wide food/agriculture situation which strengthens these concerns. I am hopeful that algae, electricity and yes, perhaps even hydrogen, will offer a better solution.