Exactly. And I would imagine the same to be true for any diesel autos in general.
The conversion can’t be done cost effectively on anything other than a Diesel engine (if it can be done at all). I
A few years ago, in Philly, one of the papers did a fairly lengthy story about a woman in W. Philly who bought and converted an old school bus and ran it on WVO.
When I was considering moving to Va. instead of Mi. I was looking around for one of those short buses as it would be a lot easier to drive and park than the full length one.
But running on WVO in a Northern state, for me, is just more trouble than its worth unfortunately.
But there are plenty of people using this as a fuel source and some even to heat their houses. When I first found out about it several years ago, I was really excited about it. But then I did a lot of research on precisely what is required to use WVO and the reality is a bit more daunting.
But I don’t know why this isn’t being done on a massive scale with biodiesel considering all the govt. folks flapping their gums about the necessity of finding alternative energy sources. I’m pretty sure that the restaurants of the King, the Clown and The Colonel alone (not to mention all the other fryers) can provide more than enough WVO to convert to biodiesel enough for the whole country.
A few years ago I saw a doc about Brazil using Switchgrass to convert to biodiesel and approx 50% of cars there running on biodiesel.
But I’m sure the gas companies in the US have something to say about that. I’m sure they’re not eager to go down the road toward obsolescence :)