After Hours

Photos: Revving up on fast food

By // July 18, 2006, 8:39 AM PST // billdetwiler

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  • The Big Green Bus from Dartmouth College runs on vegetable oil from deep fat fryers.

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  • The engine of the Big Green Bus. To run on vegetable oil, the oil first has to be heated to 150 degrees Fahrenheit.

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  • Nascar has corporate sponsors, so why not a vegetable oil-burning bus? Lonely Planet is another sponsor.

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  • The engine first runs on standard diesel until the vegetable oil comes to temperature. This is the control panel that shuts off the diesel and monitors other vital signs.

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  • The back of the bus serves as a dorm. People also sleep outside.

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  • The requisite college reading material. The bus has a flat-screen TV too.

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  • Visitors tour the inside of the bus.

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  • Paul Renpen of Sacramento has converted his Mercedes diesel to run on vegetable oil. "I don't pay anything for it," he said.

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The Big Green Bus from Dartmouth College runs on vegetable oil from deep fat fryers.

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