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Powering a bug with biodiesel: CU grad student learned to drive in a grease-powered family car

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Jessica Farris drives a 2006 Volkswagen bug. A green one. Which is appropriate, since Farris, a journalism graduate student at the University of Colorado Boulder, has a bent toward being green. The car runs on diesel fuel, but Farris prefers filling the tank, when she can, with biodiesel — an alternative to petroleum-based diesel made from vegetable or animal fat, like the used cooking oil in your favorite fast food restaurant. Diesel engines typically can run on a blend of a blend of bio- and…

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