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May 25th, 2008, 11:11 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,356767,00.html
SAN FRANCISCO — A few years ago, drums of used french fry grease were only of interest to a small network of underground biofuel brewers, who would use the slimy oil to power their souped-up antique Mercedes.
Now, restaurants from Berkeley, Calif. to Sedgwick, Kan. are reporting thefts of old cooking oil worth thousands of dollars by rustlers who are refining it into barrels of biofuel in backyard stills.
"It's like a war zone going on right now over grease," said David Levenson, who owns a grease hauling business in San Francisco's Mission District. "We're seeing more and more people stealing grease because it lets them stay away from the pump, but it's hurting our bottom line."
Resourcefulness good.. :thumb
Theft bad.. :tsk
My how times are changing.. :panic
Not too long ago people would ask before taking something.. Now they just take.. how sad.. :tsk:tsk:tsk
Maranatha, Lord .. :yeah
SAN FRANCISCO — A few years ago, drums of used french fry grease were only of interest to a small network of underground biofuel brewers, who would use the slimy oil to power their souped-up antique Mercedes.
Now, restaurants from Berkeley, Calif. to Sedgwick, Kan. are reporting thefts of old cooking oil worth thousands of dollars by rustlers who are refining it into barrels of biofuel in backyard stills.
"It's like a war zone going on right now over grease," said David Levenson, who owns a grease hauling business in San Francisco's Mission District. "We're seeing more and more people stealing grease because it lets them stay away from the pump, but it's hurting our bottom line."
Resourcefulness good.. :thumb
Theft bad.. :tsk
My how times are changing.. :panic
Not too long ago people would ask before taking something.. Now they just take.. how sad.. :tsk:tsk:tsk
Maranatha, Lord .. :yeah