Students to make biodiesel to run school buses

[deadparrot]

DUBLIN, Ohio - Students at a suburban Columbus high school plan to save their district money by converting their French fry oil into fuel.

For the past year, students at Dublin Jerome High School have worked on a project to make biodiesel fuel for school buses from the cafeteria's used vegetable oil. If the project works, the district would be one of the first in the country to make its own pure biodiesel, said Robin Leeds of the National School Transportation Association.

Students got the idea after studying biodiesel in an earth systems class. They used grant money to buy the $8,000 machine needed to convert the vegetable oil to fuel and began collecting from school cafeterias last Wednesday.

"Everyone wants this to succeed," said senior Arielle Babineaux, 17.

http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/16210466.htm

[Reterr]

1. That is nice

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[newyawker99]

3. Hi Reterr!!

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[Reterr]

4. Hiya

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[Clintonista2]

2. How long until the big oil industry "terminates" this project?