Friday, May 05, 2006

Fryer grease, you light up my life.....

I've been really keen on the notion of getting a fryer grease diesel car. I thought about taking it to the next step: a vegetable oil powered home generator. Now that would be sweet. Cheap running car, no utlities that is frugal. If you were to live in an area with well water, it would be almost nothing exspense-wise.

My monthly expense rundown: (bear in mind these quotes are for my local living expenses)

Total electric utilities - $200
Gas expenditures - $140
Water bill - $30

Total = 370

In one year these can be in ballpark of $4000 . Can you imagine what you could do with that money? In a five year period you could potentially save 20K. Mind you, it would it would take a slightly different lifestyle. You'd have to spend a good chunk of time hunting down fryer grease & oil, and later purifying & store said fuel stuff. But wouldn't it be worth it? Think of what you could do with the savings. For a family of four, the projected five year savings estimate is $35,000. A 15 year year plan could put you at over 80k in savings. Imagine what that cash could do wisely invested.

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