A Connecticut startup said it expects to deliver a car engine oil this month that is made without the typical multimillenium waiting period for fossils to become fuel.
Green Earth Technologies Inc. says it has found a way to make a substance chemically identical to crude oil from animal fat, a slaughterhouse byproduct this is typically discarded en masse.
The company is already using the process to make 2-cycle and 4-cycle engine oil, which is marketed as G-Oil.
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The development of a potentially more sustainable motor oil, especially one that finds a good use for otherwise discarded materials, is really exciting. A few questions sprang to my mind about it though:
Is the process used to make this motor oil truly earth-friendly?
As food prices rise, the demand for meat may decrease. In this occurs, how will prices of animal fat oil be affected? Right now it’s cheaper than its main competitor, Mobil 1 10w30 synthetic oil, which retails at about $6.50.
What about vegans and vegetarians? I’m sure at least a few of them will be offended by an animal-derived motor oil. Are you a vegan or vegetarian? What do you think about it?
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- G-Oil: Bio-Oil Passes API Tests, Soon to be in Retail Stores
- Motor oil goes green
- ‘Green’ motor oil shipping to stores
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