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Pure plant oil (PPO), also known as straight vegetable oil (SVO) can substitute for [[biodiesel]] under certain circumstances. The plant oil is often more viscous than diesel and modifications to the engine may be necessary. These may include a pre-heating step. The advantage over biodiesel is potentially lower cost, as additional steps for transesterification/preparation may perhaps be omitted (compare [http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_mike.html biodiesel recipe at JourneyToForever] which calls for methanol and sodium hydroxide.
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*Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable_oil_fuel "Vegetable Oil Fuel"]
*Appropedia: [http://www.appropedia.org/Pure_plant_oil_as_fuel "Pure Plant Oil As Fuel"]
*Nordic Folkecenter: [http://www.folkecenter.net/gb/rd/transport/fuels-and-supply/plant_oil/ppo/ "Pure Plant Oil: Clean Engine Fuel Today & Tomorrow"]
*paper from the United States Department of Energy (April 2006) [http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/File:US_DOE_-_Straight_Vegetable_Oil.pdf "Straight Vegetable Oil as a Diesel Fuel?"] (internal copy)
 
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