FAST FOOD WASTE OIL BECOMES TARGET OF THIEVES FOR CONVERSION INTO VEHICLE FUEL
July 1st, 2008 BY MONICA DOBIE
ESCALATING petrol prices in the USA are fuelling burglaries of fastfood fryer oil that is now being traded for almost US$2.50 a gallon on commodity markets, easily turned into engine fuel using a simple conversion kit. Recently, police arrested a man for stealing 2,500 gallons of waste oil from fastfood outlets in Washington state worth more than US$6,000.
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ESCALATING petrol prices in the USA are fuelling burglaries of fastfood fryer oil that is now being traded for almost US$2.50 a gallon on commodity markets, easily turned into engine fuel using a simple conversion kit. Recently, police arrested a man for stealing 2,500 gallons of waste oil from fastfood outlets in Washington state worth more than US$6,000.
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