# Attn: Diesel fans

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [September 25, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-diesel-fans/17970 "2006-09-25T00:15:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/attn-diesel-fans/17970/17 "2006-09-26T05:59:36Z")

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> [@AWDrifter](#):
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> Check this out from my generator thread, it is on my Christmas wish list.:eekdance:  
> [http://www.gaiam.com/retail/product/63-0015\_MSTR](http://www.gaiam.com/retail/product/63-0015_MSTR)

This is where personal bio-diesel starts to lose me. That’s $3400 worth of stuff, assuming you get the heater, which I imagine is pretty important if you want this to work during our winters. For $3400 I can buy 1133 gallons of $3/gal gasoline and at 20 mpg that gets me almost 22700 miles. That’s almost 2 years of driving on just the initial hardware cost, not even factoring the cost of materials and your time to make the stuff. My time is worth a lot to me, so I really like the ease of being able to stop on any street corner and fill up my tank, not having to worry about if I collected enough used cooking oil this week or not.

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