just for future reference, the diesel engine was designed to run on peanut oil. while technology marches onward, I still think peanut oil would probably be the best in lubrication, MPG, and quite a few other factors I havent even thought of, such as life expectancy of gaskets, rings, etc. but then again...

for those of us interested, i think we need a new forum heading that just tracks the daily price of diesel in different areas. might be fun to see how fast it rises or how long it takes to get to x price. $8 a gallon $10 a gallon $30 a gallon $ one arm, one leg, 2 pints of blood, your firstborn, all...