Recycling Planet Green: Recycle That Turkey Fryer Oil into Biofuel
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 11.27.08
A year ago when Planet Green was in beta, we did a big push on Thanksgiving. We recyle a few of them here. Collin Dunn writes:
Usually derived from vegetable oils-soy is very popular these days, but animal fats can also be used-biodiesel is made through a chemical process called transesterification which essentially splits the oil into two parts: alkyl esters and glycerine; the esters are the fuel, while the leftover glycerine is often used to make soap and other beauty products. Both virgin and waste oil (often collected from restaurants) can be used in this process with equally good results. More on Planet Green
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If you are still eating meat, then you really don't care about the Earth.
Sorry, no easy way around it. Eating meat has extremely devastating consequences for the planet.
Here is an example: A large pig farm produces more waste than Los Angeles.
Do your own research and draw your own conclusions. I used to eat a cheeseburger every day, it was my favorite food. I've been vegan for three years now.
If you care about the Earth, the most important lifestyle changes you can make are 1. Ride a bike. 2. Go vegan. 3. Don't have children, adopt. 4. Only buy things when absolutely necessary. 5. Build a wind turbine to power your home. (Difficult. The other ones are effortless.) 6. Grow as much of your own food as possible.
I hate to say it, but it's the truth.
So any animal that is omnivorous or carnivorous is evil? All lions should go vegan?
Humans are animals in the global ecosystem and have just as much right as polar bears to consume resources.
The goal is to consume flesh which produces the least ecological externalites during production and consumption, and avoiding eating jeopardized organisms.
eating meat is not the problem, It's processing the meat and todays money saving tech thats the problem.... remember the food chain Earl??? we're somewhere in it... and it sez that humans are omnivorous... Incidentally if you think pig farms pollute like crazy, don't eat pork.. pork is not the only meat in the world...