I'm not buying "it was for diesel fuel"....

[HeavyAssault]

Florida police arrest 3 men who allegedly stole hundreds of gallons of used cooking oil worth thousands

Three men were arrested in Florida after they were allegedly seen stealing hundreds of gallons of used cooking oil from area restaurants using a truck outfitted with a pump.

www.foxnews.com

Yeahhhhhhhh...no.

 

[Father O’blivion]

Considering the price of diesel these days I buy it. A quick search of used cooking oil uses doesn’t bring up anything particularly nefarious.

 

[7.62willdo]

Combine it with a little fertilizer and what do you got?

 

[6.5SH]

Imagine if they have ties to Chinese food restaurants here and are reusing it...

There are some pretty gross news stories about what gets used/reused on the mainland.

 

[BR7.62]

how is used cooking oil worth almost as much as gasoline? 700 gallons =2000$?
gas is 3.45 here right now

 

[6.5SH]

Playback blocked outside of youtube, story about used "gutter oil"

 

[7.62willdo]

GUTTER OIL!!!!!

 

[Ronws]

Imagine if they have ties to Chinese food restaurants here and are reusing it...

There are some pretty gross news stories about what gets used/reused on the mainland.

Also, think twice about ordering hot dogs at a chinese restaurant.

 

[Father O’blivion]

Combine it with a little fertilizer and what do you got?

Apparently better fertilizer. https://blogs.flinders.edu.au/nano-news/2018/10/09/improving-fertiliser-cooking-oil/

 

[chevy_man]

i mean....if that was your intent....wouldnt it be easier to just go buy the diesel legally?

why draw that unwanted attention to yourself?

like a mentor of mine once said, "dont break the law when youre breaking the law"



also, is anyone actually buying black-market gas/ diesel?.....like, i know its expensive....but, i can fill my tank for like $40-50...not quite at the point where im looking for back alley sources.

You have a tiny tank...


Mine costs $100 every other day. And they wonder why it's expensive to build in the middle of nowhere.

 

[thejeep]

i mean....if that was your intent....wouldnt it be easier to just go buy the diesel legally?

why draw that unwanted attention to yourself?

like a mentor of mine once said, "dont break the law when youre breaking the law"



also, is anyone actually buying black-market gas/ diesel?.....like, i know its expensive....but, i can fill my tank for like $40-50...not quite at the point where im looking for back alley sources.

Hey Maine you got some that de cell!?

 

[Franko]

Could make biodiesel out of it but being that this happened in Florida the real answer has to be exponentially weirder.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Could make biodiesel out of it but being that this happened in Florida the real answer has to be exponentially weirder.

Were they sort of swarthy?

Oil wrestling - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Sirhr

 

[db2000]

GUTTER OIL!!!!!

I remember her from high school!

 

[supercorndogs]

There was a rural mail carrier when I lived in Goodland KS that had a diesel car that he ran on used cooling oil and grease he got from local restaurants. He said once you got it warm enough to flow it worked great. That was during the Bush2 reccestion corporate fuckery and wealth transfer.

 

[TexPatriot]

Also, think twice about ordering hot dogs at a chinese restaurant.

Well, they are called 'dogs'.

 

[MarshallDodge]

I was wondering when this would start.

There was a rural mail carrier when I lived in Goodland KS that had a diesel car that he ran on used cooling oil and grease he got from local restaurants. He said once you got it warm enough to flow it worked great. That was during the Bush2 reccestion corporate fuckery and wealth transfer.

There were some fist fights at the back of restaurants during that time, over used oil.

There is a company around here called Renegade that collects oil. They put a 55 gallon drum with their name on it out back of these places and start sending the restaurant a bill. When guys started "stealing" cooking oil out of their drums, it became a big deal.

 

[nikonNUT]

There was a rural mail carrier when I lived in Goodland KS that had a diesel car that he ran on used cooling oil and grease he got from local restaurants. He said once you got it warm enough to flow it worked great. That was during the Bush2 reccestion corporate fuckery and wealth transfer.

The old Mercedes 300Ds will run on almost straight vegetable oil as long as you have a tank heater to keep it liquid.

Fun fact about bio-diesel. Read where a guy didn't have the right acid for the process and used Nitric instead. Nitic Acid+Gylcerin creates a really twitchy compound. Leveled the shop and him!

 

[Franko]

Were they sort of swarthy?

Oil wrestling - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Sirhr

Might be weird enough if the wrestling match involved between 2-7 Peruvian midgets and and at least one gator.

 

[232593]

Article does not mention if they were U.S. citizens or some of these PLA types that have been turning up at the border. Interesting.

 

[308pirate]

Fun fact about bio-diesel. Read where a guy didn't have the right acid for the process and used Nitric instead. Nitic Acid+Gylcerin creates a really twitchy compound. Leveled the shop and him!

Chemistry is fun!

 

[nikonNUT]

Chemistry is fun!

Yes, yes it is!

 

[JJMoody]

The old Mercedes 300Ds will run on almost straight vegetable oil as long as you have a tank heater to keep it liquid.

Fun fact about bio-diesel. Read where a guy didn't have the right acid for the process and used Nitric instead. Nitic Acid+Gylcerin creates a really twitchy compound. Leveled the shop and him!

 

[babyguppy]

strain it, toss in some lye, skim it and run it.
Now, my $$ is they are just selling it for a 1 or 2 a gallon, so it can be strained and resold. I'm sure they know a few restaurants that will buy it at 5 bucks a gallon.
3.9m gallons stolen in other places, that's a ton of money.

 

[HeavyAssault]

"Excuse me...why do the egg rolls here taste remarkably like Chic-Fil-A bites?"

 

[Doc68]

Wonder if they were recent border crossers......

Doc

 

[Jgunner]

Wonder if they were recent border crossers......

Doc

Likely.