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Hold the Fries; Just Some Grease Please

Two kayakers drive from Alaska to Chile on local biofuels and fast-food grease

By Colleen Barry,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 9, 2007 9:10 AM CDT

(Newser) – Mexican pig lard, Alaskan fish oil, and lots o' fast food grease powered what two professional kayakers are calling the longest road trip ever made without gasoline. The 21,000-mile trek from Alaska to the tip of South America—in a converted Japanese firetruck—took nine months, with the duo stopping frequently to give talks on the virtues of biofuel.

Twenty-somethings Seth Warren and Tyler Bradt aren't done: they're rejiggering the truck to drive across the U.S., this time on algae. Warren says he wants to show people they can run cars on all kinds of oils. " We don't think vegetable oil is the answer to all the world's problems, but it's definitely one of them."

Fast-food chains' leftover grease can be used to fuel specially adapted vehicles.
Fast-food chains' leftover grease can be used to fuel specially adapted vehicles.   (KRT Photos)
Fast food chains provided leftover grease to fuel the converted truck.
Fast food chains provided leftover grease to fuel the converted truck.   (Getty Images)
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