British 'greasers' reach Athens in cooking oil cars

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ATHENS (AFP) — A group of Britons on Wednesday completed a 3,750-kilometre (2,330-mile) 'Grease to Greece' expedition in cars powered by vegetable oil in a bid to raise awareness about conserving fuel, organisers said.

Some of the nine cars were converted to run on purified vegetable oil while others had standard engines using biodiesel that was brewed overnight in a 'fuel pod' stored in a lorry accompanying the expedition.

Instead of filling up at petrol stations, the expedition's 'frybrid' cars ran on used frying oil donated by restaurants and cafés along the route.

"A lot of people don't realise that biodiesel, when made properly, will run in any diesel engine," noted expedition leader Andy Pag, 34, a webcasting specialist and trained engineer, who says...