# Grease instead of gas. An answer to high gas prices

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [December 31, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/grease-instead-of-gas-an-answer-to-high-gas-prices/41033 "2007-12-31T14:27:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/grease-instead-of-gas-an-answer-to-high-gas-prices/41033/34 "2008-01-06T19:13:17Z")

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> [@AJC2500](#):
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> the point is not to run on used frying oil at all. thats just the most convenient place to get it for DIYers. if this started taking off on a large scale then there would be dedicated farms to grow the plants used just for fuel consumption.  
> also people need to stop thinking about gas prices alone. supply is much more important then price. it would be completely renewable.

Yeah, just like ethanol right?

Oh wait, there’s that minor problem that to make a real dent in our foreign oil dependance we’d need to convert almost all of our farm land that we’re using for FOOD into farm land for FUEL.

The short short version for people who can’t seem to grasp the big picture: Grease, great for a few cheap people with a restaurant hookup to get really cheap fuel. Terrible as a serious large scale energy source.

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