Station Wagon Drives From California To Argentina On Restaurant Grease

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Station Wagon Drives From California To Argentina On Restaurant Grease

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BERKELEY, Calif. -- Mali Blotta and David Modersbach were unfazed by rising gas prices when they drove 11,000 miles during a recent family road trip from California to Argentina.

Their 24-year-old station wagon runs on much cheaper fuel: recycled vegetable oil.

Hitting the road for five months, the couple and their 4-year-old son toured 11 countries in a Volkswagen powered by waste grease they collected from restaurants and fried-food factories along the way.

The family didn't have trouble finding fuel at restaurants in Nevada, Utah and Arizona,but it wasn't so easy once they left the country.

http://www.wftv.com/automotive/3442024/detail.html

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