Church of
Deep Ecology

Recognizing nature as our guide, we will work to encourage a more sustainable lifestyle based in exploring and celebrating the interconnectedness of all living things and the Earth.

Convert Your Car to Run on Vegetable Oil

Workshop
October 7-9, 2005

Minneapolis, MN

In 1893, German inventor Rudolph Diesel published a paper entitled "The Theory and Construction of a Rational Heat Engine," which described an engine in which air is compressed by a piston to a very high pressure, causing a high temperature. Fuel is then injected and ignited by the compression temperature.

Diesel built his first engine based on that theory the same year.

Diesel originally thought that the diesel engine, (readily adaptable in size and utilizing locally available fuels) would enable independent craftsmen and artisans to endure the powered competition of large industries that then virtually monopolized the predominant power source-the oversized, expensive, fuel-wasting steam engine.

Diesel expected that his engine would be powered by vegetable and seed oils. At the 1900 World's Fair, Diesel ran his engines on peanut oil.

The petroleum industry was quick to capitalize and offer a cheap alternative by labeling one of its byproducts as "diesel fuel". And so that's how dirty, stinking, polluting diesel fuel became the fuel for the Diesel engine, and vegetable oil as a greener, cleaner, less toxic fuel supply was forgotten.

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The Church of Deep Ecology will host an opportunity to learn about alternatively fueled vehicles and convert a car to run on waste vegetable oil.

The workshop begins with Friday evening's free presentation, "Intro to Alternatively Fueled Vehicles," and continues through Sunday with actual hands-on participation in the Diesel Engine Conversion Workshop. During the weekend, we will convert a used car using many salvaged parts. When completed, the vehicle will be a rolling educational tool used to teach about transportation and the environment.

Craig Howard of Fatmobile SVO Systems will lead the conversion workshop.

Craig Howard has been working with Diesel engines for more than 5 years. He has converted 5 vehicles to run on vegetable oil. Through his research, he has developed several modifications that make vegetable oil a viable transportation option in northern climates.

Why buy kits online to convert your car for $700 - $800 when you can gather all of the parts needed to convert your car for less than $300?

Everyone will walk away from the workshop with the knowledge needed to find and assemble the components, find and filter the oil, actually do the installation and save themselves hundreds of dollars in the process. When you are done, you can show your friends, and together you can kick your oil addiction.

Workshop Schedule to Include:

"An Introduction to Alternatively Fueled Vehicles"

Parts and Tools - What you need and where to get them cheap

Actual installation of the vegetable oil system

Building a Prefilter - How to turn garbage into fuel

Oil Procurement - Where to get good quality oil for free

Troubleshooting - What to do when things go wrong

Tuition is $125.00

Space is limited to the first 10 people.

If you are interested in this opportunity, send a check or money order, along with all of your contact info, to:

Church of Deep Ecology
PO Box 16075
St. Paul, MN 55116

Or guarantee your participation by sending your tuition payment right now via PayPal.
(just click here and make a donation for $125, make sure you also send an email including all of your contact info)

For more info:

events@churchofdeepecology.org

1-800-862-7031