Out of the frying pan and into the car?

Finally someone has come up with a use for the old oil in my deep fryer reports YnetOnline:

Have a snack and do the environment a favor. That's the idea behind Israeli scientist Oren Bigger's device that recycles oil used to make falafel. The result - "biodiesel" - a greener alternative to fossil fuels like petrol and diesel. Oren Bigger says the oil used to make falafel is the cheapest and most convenient way to produce biodiesel in Israel.

Bigger produces his in a workshop at his home in Ramat Raziel, a farming and rural community on the outskirts of Jerusalem. He says more Israelis should follow suit. Biodiesel can be made from a variety of oils and fats and has similar combustion properties to petroleum diesel. It's nothing new, but Bigger says using falafel oil is easy and cost-effective.

I have no idea how feasible this is but it is certainly an idea worth exploring; no doubt our current Ontario Liberal uber-lords of health will only give it sanction if it uses cooking oils that are transfat free.