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07-22-15 | 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by McBTC

True and, people can drink vegetable oil, which contains nearly the same number of calories per gallon (if you look at How Fats Work you can see that fat contains long hydrogen/carbon chains just like gasoline does). ~ Is there a way to compare a human being to an engine in terms of efficiency? - HowStuffWorks

What is the production and distribution cost of vegetable oil compared to gasoline?

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