Vegi Power

The idea of driving from London to Melbourne sounds fun, but doable. To add to the adventure, we really need to impose a set of challenges upon ourselves.

The most obvious challenge to impose when going for a long drive is to pick an inadequate or abnormal vehicle. My initial inclination was towards inadequate, as a small beater would be cheap to acquire and would require less fuel. But my friend Ryan has proposed that abnormal and customized might lead to some crazier times.

Enter the vegi-oil powered car.

With little or no modifications a diesel engine can run on used vegetable oil. Just filter out the gunk and hook it up. It might be a bit tough to find used cooking oil in the quantities required while driving across Central Asia, but it the though certainly is entertaining.