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Article: From Deep Fryer to Fuel Tank; Leesburg Trolley Runs on Discarded Vegetable Oil
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- The Washington Post
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- February 12, 2009
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When gas prices soared last summer, John Larson didn't fret. And
he didn't buy a hybrid car. Instead, the Leesburg resident whipped
around town in his Volkswagen Beetle that was powered by a diesel
engine he equipped to run on vegetable oil.
If it worked for his Beetle, perhaps it could work for local
buses, Larson reasoned. So he approached Leesburg officials about
converting the Town Trolley.
Because of Larson's efforts, the trolley is running on cooking
oil discarded by local restaurants -- a green milestone that town
and transit officials celebrated Monday with a ribbon-cutting
ceremony.
"You don't see that every day," Leesburg Mayor Kristen C.
Umstattd said as she looked at a ...