| In the old days it used to be that you just drove | | | | Here in our shores, we are also not lacking in |
| your Nissan Sentra and perhaps its brand new | | | | environmentally-sound burger-delivering companies. |
| Nissan Sentra parts over to McDonalds to get | | | | In 2006 it was reported that Burgerville, a |
| some of those yummy French fries and | | | | Vancouver, WA-based "fast casual" restaurant |
| Mcburgers. | | | | chain, has begun converting its used cooking oil |
| Now can you imagine getting your car fueled in | | | | into biodiesel. Through an agreement with Portland |
| McDonalds? How about a fuel pump sticking out | | | | company MRP Services, the used oil is picked up |
| the drive thru window to gas up your car? | | | | and transported to a processing plant where it is |
| No? Maybe literally these scenarios are | | | | converted to biodiesel. |
| far-fetched, but, to get fuel to power your car | | | | Before the two companies arranged to do good |
| from the world-famous food chain's kitchen isn't | | | | for Mother Nature, the oil was shipped to Asia |
| as remote a possibility as you think. | | | | and typically used in the creation of cosmetics and |
| In the UK just recently, McDonalds has announced | | | | soap. |
| that it will be converting all of its UK delivery vans | | | | This isn't the first foray into sustainable business |
| to run on cooking oil-based biodiesel. This means | | | | practices for Burgerville though. Last August, the |
| that aside from getting to enjoy that delicious | | | | company announced it would pay for its electricity |
| smell of double cheeseburger 'n' fries as a delivery | | | | by purchasing wind power, a move that saved a |
| truck drives by our British friends can do so rest | | | | staggering 17.4 million pounds of carbon dioxide |
| assured that the truck may be carrying sinful | | | | from being released to the region annually. |
| food but it isn't at least, making the dreadful | | | | About Biodiesel |
| environmental transgression we call pollution. | | | | Biodiesel is the name of a clean burning alternative |
| So how does it work? | | | | fuel, produced from domestic, renewable |
| According to a report by Topgear, once the oil | | | | resources. Biodiesel contains no petroleum, but it |
| has been used to make your Freedom Fries turn | | | | can be blended at any level with petroleum diesel |
| into a tasty state of crispiness, it'll be combined | | | | to create a biodiesel blend. It can be used in |
| with rapeseed oil to power McDonald's 155 Lorries, | | | | compression-ignition (diesel) engines with little or |
| saving some 1,650 tonnes of carbon each year. | | | | no modifications. Biodiesel is simple to use, |
| Which is something, if you think about all the folks | | | | biodegradable, nontoxic, and essentially free of |
| calling for delivery everyday, right? | | | | sulfur and aromatics. |