The Seagull

Originally Posted by hills

I was wondering with the butcher shop waste alloy. Is it possible to make something like diesel fuel by rendering the animal fats ? Seems like it might come in handy as a heating fuel source during a cold Canadian winter. Maybe even run your car on it ?

To the best of my knowledge any oil, vegetable or animal based can be made into bi-diesel, I've previously used waste restaurant cooking oil which in its virgin state contains canola, some restaurants are using palm oil.

My father once told me during WWII when fuel was rationed the commercial fisherman on the Fraser River used fish oil for fuel.

The fish oil would have been derived from what is known as the candle-fish, the fish put into a large vat then allowed to ferment the oil floats to the top of the mass.

The majority of the gillnetters used Gardner diesels, many of these engines survive even today.