TEENS TURN FAST FOOD TO CHEAP FUEL BYFIELD CLASS CONVERTS VEGETABLE OIL TO RUN CAR

From: The Boston Globe | Date: November 12, 2005| Author: Russell Nichols, Globe Correspondent | Copyright information

BYFIELD If everything goes according to plan in a Governor Dummer Academy class this fall, a green 1991 Mercedes Benz will gain some new attributes, including a switch that allows the car to run on vegetable oil and exhaust fumes that smell like fish sticks, french fries, or chicken fingers from the boarding school's cafeteria.

The eight students in teacher Peter Kazarinoff's 10th-grade chemistry class are transforming the donated Mercedes 350 into a veggie car. Drivers across the cou...

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