Can potato chip and other fried food producers use the used oil they make as a waste product to make biofuel?

Question

to power the proccessing plants with scaled to the sites biowaste power plants? Would this be good for the environment, the economy, power production, energy independence and resource conservation?

Answer 1

yes and it has been done before it just never caught on the get fuel from a grease trap.

Answer 2

You can make biodiesel out of just about anything, including used food oil.  Biodiesel manufacturers, however, prefer untainted, or virgin, oils.

Many vehicle manufacturers are working very hard to make diesel engines quieter and more efficient in the hopes that it might catch on in America in applications other than trucks and heavy equipment.  If it ever does, biodiesel will be a great way to help out American farmers, boost the economy, and alleviate the stranglehold that OPEC has on our gas pumps.