February 24, 2009

Fighting climate change with fish and chips

The rise of the small fuel producer is reaching the point where there is in virtually all areas someone producing their own bio diesel from used cooking oil.

The problem is that as this becomes more popular is there any chance that we could be seeing a fuel war between rival producers, in the same way the any production that is limited in supply, cheaper than it is through normal channels and in demand.

It works in two ways, first there is the limited supply of used cooking oil to fight over, then there is the supply of this fuel to “Customers” it resembles the prohibition days in the US when alcohol was the product, hopefully things will not go that far.

Source [NY Times]