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I mean no disrespect to mentally retarded people other than this one.

If you don’t know what I’m talking about hit up Yahoo and search for “Michael Vick”.

According to USA Today Vick made $8,401,980 in 2006 and $23,102,750 in 2005 playing quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons.

I’m getting close to the reason I say he’s retarded.

Dog Fighting is an illegal activity that anyone could figure would piss off a lot of people. Being involved in something like that could certainly screw up that nice contract he has with the Falcons, and all the money that he gets for endorsing Nike and other products. Why would you want to fuck that up? Retarded…

Assuming Vick is found guilty, what do you suppose he’d get for a sentence or fine? Will he play in the NFL again? Some people have some good ideas. I think a texas tornado twister match to the death between Mike Vick, Ron Artest and Barry Bonds could make some good money if it was advertised and sold as a pay-per-view.

What are your ideas? Or do you the type of guy that would wet your panties with joy at the idea of watching animals rip each other apart?

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Saving the World With French Fries

Justin Carven’s business sells kits that let diesel cars run on vegetable oil.

From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, December 2006

A typical fuel tank holds 15 gallons. Where do people get that much vegetable oil? Most of our customers are using recycled cooking oil from restaurants.

So I can get all the fuel I need at the local fast-food joint? Restaurants can produce as much as 100 gallons of waste oil per week, which they’re willing to give away. Plus, the converted vehicles have one tank for diesel and one for vegetable oil — so you have backup fuel.

How far will a tank take me? Vegetable oil is similar to diesel. Many diesel cars get 40 miles per gallon, so a tank should take you 600 miles.

Will my car smell like fries? It will smell like food cooking, but not what was cooked in that oil.

How much does the kit cost? It starts at $795 and includes a manual and all the parts to install it yourself. To have a professional install it will run $500 to $1,000.

to view the rest of that article -

http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/2006/12/mystory.html

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As for the environmental impact compared to other diesel fuels: gathered from

http://www.greasecar.com/tech.cfm

and islisted below.

EMISSIONS TESTING

Report is given here on diesel, biodiesel and Greasecar comparison on a 1981 VW Vanagon by P. Joshua Wilson and Michal Vojtisek-Lom.

• HC, CO, CO2, NO measured by dual repair-grade five-gas analyzers
• PM measured by light scattering
• Exhaust flow determined computationally
• Monitoring system was installed in the vehicle and operated while vehicle was driven on the road
• Vehicle tested on a rural highway from Superior interstate highway exit to a four-way stop sign, and back.

Specifications of Restaurant waste oil

Oil tested: Non-hydrogenated canola oil settled and filtered to 10 microns.
Source: Restaurant waste oil dumpster

http://www.greasecar.com/tech.cfm

See http://www.citypages.com/databank/28/1387/article15612.asp