Change

     I found an article in the New York Times about the recent surge in Britain of people using Vegetable Oil for use in their cars. There have been many different small-company proprietors(fish and chip stands) who have been advertising the sale of their oil for use in cars. The business is more of a direct-buy system where the customer comes to wherever the business owner keeps their oil and then they just pour it into some one's car.

     The downside is that it can only be used in diesel cars but at around $4.33 a gallon, it is still 10 percent lower than the national average in Britain. As the price in oil started plummeting, large venture companies started closing but the use of much smaller companies has actually increased.

     There have been many controversies regarding that if someone puts this oil in their car that it might get rid of some one's warranty, or that the inconsistency of the oil could clog the injection system.

     Personally, it would be very hard for me to just go along and put some vegetable oil in a car and hope that it works. It would then be very hard to replace it it ever failed.

"British Fight Climate Change With Fish and Chips." The New York Times. 2009. 22 Feb. 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/science/earth/22cook.html?_r=1&ref=science.