The 'GREASE TO GREECE' Race

Recently, alternative fuel sources got a promotional boost from the efforts of Andy Pag, and his team's travel mission across Europe. www.edie.net Andy led a team of cars 2,330 miles across Europe, from London to Athens, all running on cooking oil. The trip was successfully completed August 27th, 2008. While nine of the cars ran on purified vegetable oil, Pag's and a few others, ran on used cooking oil.

One of Pag's goals for the mission was to point out that Diesel fuel is not the only bio-fuel out there. In fact, in the 70's something called 'heating oil no. 2' an oil that heats houses, was used to fuel diesel cars by some clever people. A dye was added to 'heating oil no. 2' to expose it's users on the streets, as their was no tax on the fuel oil- party over! Hopefully the awareness brought on by Pag's efforts will lead to better beginnings. The cooking oil can be converted, or brewed overnight in a 'fuel pod' to be used to fuel any diesel engine. Andy spent only 900 dollars for his used car, a Puegeot 405, and nothing on fuel. The cooking oil that powered the Puegeot, was donated by cafes, restaurants, and fast food joints along the way.

An experienced eco-voyager, Pag has journeyed in the past from London to Timbuktu, in a truck powered by chocolate soya oil. His eco-voyager projects have successfully pointed out that protecting the environment can also save a lot of money. But there's more to come, Andy is going for it again on his next project, a trip by plane powered on fuel made from plastic bags!