Coast-to-Coast in a 'French-fry' CarIn Greasy Rider, freelance journalist Greg Melville sets out from Vermont and travels cross-county in an old Mercedes. What’s the catch? Melville converted the car engine to accept vegetable oil as fuel, instead of diesel. Where does Melville stop to refuel on his way to California? We’ll just say there are more than a few dumpsters involved.
Greasy Rider is informative -- a little too cheeky in places – but entertaining for sure. Melville’s side trips alone make his book well worth reading, not to mention the book’s place in national conversations about alternative fuels.
