Cooking oil is purified fat of plant or animal origin, which is liquid at room temperature.Some of the many different kinds of edible vegetable oils include: olive oil, palm oil, soybean oil, canola oil, pumpkin seed oil, corn oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, peanut oil, grape seed oil, sesame oil, argan oil and rice bran oil. Many other kinds of vegetable oils are also used for cooking.The generic term "vegetable oil" when used to label a cooking oil product refers to a blend of a variety of oils often based on palm, corn, soybean or sunflower oils.Oil can be flavoured by immersing aromatic food stuffs such as fresh herbs, peppers and so forth in the oil for an extended period of time. However, care must be taken when using garlic and onions to prevent the growth of Clostridium botulinum (the bacteria that produces toxins that can lead to botulism) in this medium.

Local media reported San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) had begun picking up used cooking oil this Christmas season from residents under the SFGreasecycle program (SFG), which aspires to alter waste grease into biofuel for vehicles running the city.

Fuelpod 2- the Mister Fusion of the biodiesel world. It is "incredibly easy and safe to use" and can cook up 50 litres per day from waste cooking oil, so start making friends with the local chip shop.

A story announcing the City of San Francisco's kick off of its SFGreasecycle program. A city run waste grease collection program to biodiesel for the cities 1500 diesel vehicles.While I highly commend the city for its mandate to use biodiesel, I am not so sure that taking over a business that they could have contracted out is the best idea.

SWEET! I am checking out this truck when I am ready to purchase another business truck for my waste cooking oil collection to biodiesel business.

I think the world now makes a little more sense.Over in the UK, McDonald's announced today that it will start using its own waste cooking oil to make biodiesel, which will be then used in its entire truck fleet of 155 vehicles.