Today was harvest day for veggie oil so we drove around town stopping at various places, looking for a restaraunt to fill up at. It was getting a little discouraging because we were getting turned down so much, that and the heat just can really mess with your head. The car doesn't have air conditioner and with an average temperature of 100, it gets sweaty.
Reasons why we can't get vegatable oil
- Some places use lard
- Oil tank is in the ground so you can't pump it out
- Oil tank is locked up
- Oil is GROSS and smelly and dirty and
even after filtering it, it won't be good for the car.
- Restaraunts have a contract with companies that
recycle the vegetable oil or that turn it into biodiesal, so we can't have it.
- If too much meat is fried in the oil, it usually isn't very good.
The good thing though was that we met SO many people today that were really interested in the process and the road trip itself - that really lifted us. We met one interested fellow that's in a Texas band and gave us one of his cd's, so check out his website link at the bottom of this post because we liked his music. That's one of the great parts of this trip so far. The car is just an excuse to meet some really amazing people.
Also, we finally scored oil at Panda Express so we'll be on the road again tonight or tomorrow.
Next stop: KANSAS.
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