Once again, the cat in my head has been let out of the bag and it is running amok. Ow! It just scratched my eye from the inside. Oooooh it burns!

Excuse me meow?

So anyway, a while ago I had this idea that fast food chains should start collecting their used cooking oil and turn this oil into biofuels. They could all partner up, and together open up a petrol station, or petrol stations(Well diesel at least). Then I thought that all restaurants in Cape Town should actually get their used cooking oil taken away to be turned into biofuel. This could then be used to fuel any vehicles that run on the diesel liquid on the earth.

So the idea has been jumping around inside me like an ADD kid on a 2 litre Coke(Umm…Coca Cola) attack. So I started the internet machine this afternoon and opened up the Google application. One quick search and I had a website which told me more than I needed to know. Read THIS to get the high up on what I’m talking about.

Basically, I’m not going to go into detail here, but they are based in Denton, Texas and collect used cooking oil in the Dallas/ Fort Worth Metroplex and then turn it into biodiesel. This biodiesel is used in local garbage collection trucks, commuter buses and other fleets serving the Metroplex. Even better, people in the area can stop at one of the filling stations, and fill their diesel vehicles with this cooking oil biodiesel.

It’s too clever!

So Cape Town, who’s going to start this business up here? I think it’s not such a bad idea, considering the world is in a a spot of bother at the moment.

Remember, if this idea does take off in Cape Town, you heard it first at SLXS. Unless of course you heard it somewhere else before. And if it goes on to be a success, I might just kick myself in the head with a steel toed boot for not actually starting it off myself.

Wow…I’m on top form.

Move over home school, ‘cos there’s a new Sheriff in town.

Sean Lloyd

Editor