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Photos: Revving up on fast food

By Bill Detwiler July 10, 2006, 9:01 PM PDT on Twitter billdetwiler

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Photos: Revving up on fast food

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

Michael Kanellos/CNET News.com
Photos: Revving up on fast food

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

Photos: Revving up on fast food

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

Photos: Revving up on fast food

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.

Photos: Revving up on fast food

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

Photos: Revving up on fast food

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

Photos: Revving up on fast food

Visitors tour the inside of the bus.

Photos: Revving up on fast food

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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