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Here's some terms that you should know:

Bio-Diesel -- This is a type of fuel made from vegetable oil. It involves a chemical process called transesterification, that removes the glycerin from veggie oil, and replaces it with an alcohol. this fuel can be poured directly into the fuel tank on any diesel vehicle, and run without any modifaction to the vehicle.

Straight vegetable oil (SVO) -- This is the term describing any veggie powered vehicle that is running on only veggie oil. The oil has not been processed in any way, and has to be heated before it enters the engine.

Waste vegetable oil (WVO) or "Grease" -- This is any veggie oil thathas been used for cooking, and is now being recycled. It can either be made into bio-diesel, or run as straight veggie oil.