I've been lucky to have not driven very much this summer and wasn't very anxious about collecting oil. Now that it's almost time to go back to the NAL scene, biggreentruck's veggie tank needs a fill-up.
Midpines lacks restaurants altogether so the nearest source of oil would be Mariposa, about 7 miles away. There are a handful of other folks driving on SVO in the area. And, the number of vehicles running on veggie oil reaches the double digits if you include the crowd down in North Fork (an hour or so away).
Happily, the oil supply in Mariposa itself is not tapped out. The Chinese restaurant and the neighboring pizza place both were more than willing to supply biggreentruck. The first visit yielded 30 gallons. Since the oil was already in cubies, collection took about 10 minutes. The cold front that came through the other day has slowed down the rustic (but improving) filtering process. But, there is really no room for complaints when you're faced with that much free, recycled, 'patriotic' fuel.
