Research Catalog

Title

SVO : powering your vehicle with straight vegetable oil / Forest Gregg.

Author

Gregg, Forest

Publication

Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers, c2008.

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Details

Description

xiii, 224 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

Packed with expert advice and practical tips, SVO stands out as the only book that explains exactly what is necessary to convert a diesel vehicle and how to do it properly. An experienced designer and researcher in the straight vegetable oil field, author Forest Gregg has sorted through the mass of information about straight vegetable oil and presents the best of the best in a format that is easy to use. SVO explains the environmental and economic reasons for choosing straight vegetable oil. Cheap, carbon-neutral, and independent from centralized corporate infrastructure, this alternative fuel is gaining popularity both with the environmentally conscious and with those who enjoy tinkering with diesel engines.--COVER.

Uniform Title

Environmental Information Services Collection.

Alternative Title

Straight Vegetable Oil

Subject

• Vegetable oils as fuel
• Diesel motor > Alternative fuels
• Motor fuels > Environmental aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-[214]) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : Is vegetable oil for me? -- Diesel engines -- Fuel properties of vegetable oil -- System design -- Practical issues.

ISBN

• 9780865716124 (pbk.)
• 0865716129 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 250524163
• SCSB-12582034

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library