http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/07/12/in-south-africa-cars-run-on-vegetable-oil Comments for "In South Africa, Cars Run On Vegetable Oil" en http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/07/12/in-south-africa-cars-run-on-vegetable-oil#comment-12030 Dear Mr. Dibley, are there conversion kits for Lister Peter Diesel Engines or other comparable stationary Diesel engines available? And whould they run on castor oil? We are looking for power solutions for districts of the Mozambiquan outback to drive irrigation pumps etc. In those districts are lots of castor beans wich grow espontaneously. Best regards, Manfred Schug<br class="clear" /> Tue, 08 May 2007 09:52:13 -0400 Manfred Schug comment 12030 at http://www.nextbillion.net http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/07/12/in-south-africa-cars-run-on-vegetable-oil <p style="padding: 5px; float: right;"><img src="http://www.nextbillion.net/files/images/vegetable oil.img_assist_custom.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image img_assist_custom" width="92" height="175" /></p>Ah, wouldn’t it be nice to be Venezuelan?  Not only are Venezuelans governed by a coffee guzzling fiend who, at one point, drank <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/archive/content/?020422fr_archive03" target="_blank">twenty-six cups of espresso a day</a> (now, he is down to only sixteen cups), but they also enjoy the lowest gasoline prices in the world.  <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11669218/" target="_blank">At 12 cents per gallon</a>, a price low enough to make everyday feel like Friday, gasoline in Caracas, Venezuela’s bustling beachfront capital, is actually cheaper than mineral water.  But don’t pack your bags just yet.  <a href="http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&amp;click_id=116&amp;art_id=vn20060613105934225C865200" target="_blank">Roy Dibley</a>, a mechanical engineer and social entrepreneur in Cape Town, South Africa, drives a 1980s Mercedes Benz, which is actually cheaper to fill up than any ride in Venezuela.  And if he gets his way, many more people in South Africa will be paying less at the pump than their Venezuelan counterparts.<br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/07/12/in-south-africa-cars-run-on-vegetable-oil">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/07/12/in-south-africa-cars-run-on-vegetable-oil#comment Agriculture Energy Miscellaneous Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:49:05 -0400 Ethan Arpi 2997 at http://www.nextbillion.net