Part Three: Regulating VegOil
From: Cynthia Shelton
Series: VegOil Fuel: the Unsung Alternative
Length: 05:01
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Andrew Couch of Deep Fried Rides, a modification kit installer, and Justin Carvn of Greasecar talk about the legalities of driving VegOil.
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Andrew Couch of Deep Fried Rides, a modification kit installer, and Justin Carvn of Greasecar talk about the legalities of driving VegOil.
Broadcast History
WAMC Albany, NY "The Round Table" July 21, 2005
KUNM Albuquerque, NM "Evening Report" August 11, 2005
KDVS Davis, CA "Public Affairs" September 8, 2005
Transcript
Cynthia Shelton: Waste Vegetable Oil is not currently regulated as a fuel. It is under the radar. No fuel taxes are levied. No one is watching to see if it is handled correctly. There is no one to complain to if you get a bad batch. There are no standards for how well filtered your vegetable oil must be. The government has not made any public acknowledgment that VegOil even exists. The official silence makes people who sell pre-filtered VegOil a little cautious. People like Andrew Couch, a VegOil kit installer in Memphis, Tennessee. We met in his cooperative garage space.
Andrew Couch: Hopefully they’ll do something about regulating the oil to where there’s some sort of tax incentives. I’m not selling this to you as fuel. I’m just selling you my used vegetable oil. I’m not putting it in your car, I don’t know what you’re doing with it. This is just used vegetable oil that...
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Announcer: In the third of a six part series about straight VegOil fuel, freelance writer Cynthia Shelton looks into the legality of using VegOil and visits with Andrew Couch of Deep Fried Rides, and Justin Carven, from Greasecar.
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