G-Oil: Green Guilt Free Motor Oil - Green-Racer.com

spt · 05-03-2010, 02:36 PM

Green Earth Technologies have come up with an API approved biodegradable motor oil. What does the API (American Petroleum Institute) mean for us? It means that the product meets the correct specifications to use in our high performance gasoline engine. Even if you still have doubts, know that Green Earth Technologies is running their product with the Gunnar Racing team in ALMS. So chances are it can take the abuse of daily driving abuse.

So what is G-Oil? Manufactured from rendered beef tallow, it has the same molecular structure traditional petroleum-based products. The company states that "it takes three barrels of crude oil to make one barrel of motor oil, but it only takes only one barrel of animal fat to produce one barrel of G-Oil", which is pretty amazing. Unfortunately there aren't enough barrels of animal fat to solve the world's oil problems, but when it comes to lubrication Green Earth Technologies may have the best Green solution out there.

Only question in my mind are the operating temperature ranges for the oil and how many miles do can you go before you need to change the oil.

emotorules · 05-03-2010, 03:40 PM

There is very little "guilt free" about this oil. The amount of petroleum it takes to make one barrel of beef tallow is likely significantly greater than three barrels of crude -- factor in the amount of oil per acre of corn (fed to the cattle), pesticides for that corn (usu. a petroleum byproduct), rendering, transportation, etc.
Plus, there is the whole ethical thing with the killing of animals. I realize that tallow is a byproduct and that it's great someone is finding a use for it besides whatever it's already used for, but it should come with a picture of a sad cow on the bottle.

spt · 05-05-2010, 09:32 AM

I think that everything has its pro's and con's. With this oil, I understand your view, but also keep in mind that crude oil is harming a lot of things on its own (people, environment, etc.).

My point of view is at least we are going towards a direction away from crude oil. Is it the right answer, maybe not but at this point I think we need some alternatives.

kevingalls · 05-05-2010, 10:14 AM

How about instead of beef tallow, we use lipo-suctioned human fat for motor oil like from Fight Club?

05-03-2010, 02:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
spt Administrator Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 47	G-Oil: Green Guilt Free Motor Oil Green Earth Technologies have come up with an API approved biodegradable motor oil. What does the API (American Petroleum Institute) mean for us? It means that the product meets the correct specifications to use in our high performance gasoline engine. Even if you still have doubts, know that Green Earth Technologies is running their product with the Gunnar Racing team in ALMS. So chances are it can take the abuse of daily driving abuse. So what is G-Oil? Manufactured from rendered beef tallow, it has the same molecular structure traditional petroleum-based products. The company states that "it takes three barrels of crude oil to make one barrel of motor oil, but it only takes only one barrel of animal fat to produce one barrel of G-Oil", which is pretty amazing. Unfortunately there aren't enough barrels of animal fat to solve the world's oil problems, but when it comes to lubrication Green Earth Technologies may have the best Green solution out there. Only question in my mind are the operating temperature ranges for the oil and how many miles do can you go before you need to change the oil.

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05-03-2010, 03:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
emotorules Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 0	There is very little "guilt free" about this oil. The amount of petroleum it takes to make one barrel of beef tallow is likely significantly greater than three barrels of crude -- factor in the amount of oil per acre of corn (fed to the cattle), pesticides for that corn (usu. a petroleum byproduct), rendering, transportation, etc. Plus, there is the whole ethical thing with the killing of animals. I realize that tallow is a byproduct and that it's great someone is finding a use for it besides whatever it's already used for, but it should come with a picture of a sad cow on the bottle.

05-05-2010, 09:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
spt Administrator Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 47	I think that everything has its pro's and con's. With this oil, I understand your view, but also keep in mind that crude oil is harming a lot of things on its own (people, environment, etc.). My point of view is at least we are going towards a direction away from crude oil. Is it the right answer, maybe not but at this point I think we need some alternatives.

05-05-2010, 10:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
kevingalls Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rockville, MD Posts: 32	How about instead of beef tallow, we use lipo-suctioned human fat for motor oil like from Fight Club?