Oil's Well in Plano, Texas
Who'd have thunk that the best time of year to collect oil for biofuels in Plano, Texas is--right now?Any guesses at to why?
Well, in the South, folks like their turkey deep-fried. In Plano, home to about a quarter of a million people, city crews will collect leftover oil from any resident who requests a pick-up. In 2005 the city collected 1,200 gallons, most of it from turkey friers.
According to Reuters:
The turkey fat is donated to Biodiesel Industries, the first renewable energy-powered plant producing biodiesel fuel in the state of Texas.
"The City of Plano has a rolling stock of 700-800 vehicles and 59 of these are using hybrid or alternative fuels," said Melinda Sweney, the Sustainability Communications Coordinator for Plano.
We should be a little bit thankful for Plano, eh?
3 Comments:
Is the oil expended in the collection process (from the city crews driving around) more, or less, than what's collected?
Ahhh, that's a great question. Unfortunately, I don't know the answer...
If the collection trucks use bio diesel on a prescheduled normal route should be OK...
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