Objective: To minimize my environmental impact, promote the importance of environmental awareness and create means for the ultimate ski journey. This past winter I drove the ambulance from Colorado to Alaska.
This 4wd Diesel ex-ambulance has been converted to burn Waste Vegetable Oil (used cooking oil from restaurants) and has the capability to collect and burn this during the wintertime, no small feat due to the viscosity of grease in cold temperatures. This van has the ability to carry more than 80 gallons of fuel giving it more than a 1000-mile range. It is also outfitted to allow for an extended ski trip without the need for contact with population centers.
Waste vegetable oil is refuse cooking oil from restaurants and when heated to the proper temperature can be used as fuel in a diesel engine. While not a complete fix for our petro-addiction, burning waste vegetable oil (WVO) is a way for some people to minimize vehicle emission pollution. Burning WVO releases carbon from the carbon cycle as opposed to petro-fuel that adds carbon to the atmosphere.
