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| From: | m (cpe-76-167-157-13.socal.res.rr.com)
| | Subject: | another reason to avoid those chips | |
Date: | March 6, 2007 at 11:01 am PST |
In Reply to: Re: How to build immune system? posted by gloria on March 6, 2007 at 9:18 am:
More Reasons to Avoid Potato Chips
One of our readers works with a company that converts used
vegetable oils to biodiesel fuel. He read the potato chip article in
the January 20 newsletter. His inside information will make you
want to avoid potato chips even more. "After speaking with potato chip manufacturers, I would like to
comment on potato chips, and I hope this is a working email for
you.
My company is researching the production of biodiesel from used
vegetable oil, and has contacted manufacturers which we
suspected would produce the most waste oil. What comes to mind?
Well, greasy potato chips (just look at your fingers after you eat
them!) and donuts came to mind, after contacting the obvious
home-run hitters, McDonald's and KFC.
Contrary to what you might think, it seems the worst abusers of
vegetable oils were not McDonald's, but potato chip and donut
manufacturers.
One manufacturer replied to my offer to purchase their used oil
with the explanation that they hardly have any used oil left-over
after the process. Tens of thousands of gallons come in, barely
hundreds come out.
The reason? This manufacturer recycles the oil until it is entirely
absorbed by the food. All that dirty oil eventually ends up in the
potato chips themselves.
One problem that occurs after re-using vegetable oils is that FFA's
(free fatty acids) concentrate. The manufacturer volunteered this
fact and noted that their solution is to chemically treat the oil to
reduce the FFA's, after which it is sent back to produce more
potato chips. Mmmm -- re-used vegetable oil treated with
chemicals to reduce free fatty acids!
It turns out that these oils are so bad that biodiesel manufacturers
shun them! In other words, they are difficult to catalyze into
methyl-esters (biodiesel) and producers are reluctant to use them
for engine fuel, yet people still eat the potato chips!
That brings us to the last time I ate a donut, those nicely-colored
sweet confections. If you only saw the waste products. My offer to
pick up one donut shop's used oil for free was met by much
enthusiasm by the management, and they told me that I could pick
up a 55-gallon drum once every 6 months.
Did you ever go inside the donut shop and look at how much oil
they have in those vats? Now consider that they only dispose of 55
gallons every 6 months! They would have given me more if they
had it because I offered to pick it up for free, while they have to
pay a renderer over $ 200 / month for disposal.
One closed-down shop asked me to pick up their barrel of used
vegetable oil from their parking lot because it was leaking and
causing ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE. I tried to drain the oil out, but
it was so thick and sludgy that it clogged my pump. I was
considering using a heavy-duty sewage pump to drain it, but
decided not to, because the thick, smelly contents of that barrel
were not usable as an ingredient for fuel, and refining it would be
too expensive.
The material had an uncanny resemblance to sewage. The only
reason I knew it wasn't, was that it had a sweet, donut-like smell to
it, but entirely unpleasant.
Scientific facts like knowing the carcinogen content of these
"foods" is interesting, but if you want real motivation to avoid junk
foods, go to the back of the "restaurant" were they dispose of their
environmentally-harmful by-product and take a look. Also, you can
ask them why they have to keep the stuff in barrels and wait for an
expensive disposal service instead of just sending it down the
drain?
The reason: the Environmental Protection Agency does not allow it?
The utility companies know that one of the reasons that raw
sewage leaks out of the sewers and into our public water supply is
that restaurants still illegally dump their used oil down their sinks,
causing build-up and clogs to occur. I saw a picture of the clog
once -- it looked like a blocked artery.
Go ahead, have another potato chip -- you are doing our
environment a favor by "disposing" of that garbage with your own
internal garbage disposal system. Your sink's garbage disposal
system will wear out every five years and can be replaced for about
$80, but how will you replace your stomach, liver and kidneys and
arteries?"
Regards,
Dennis Meizys?
Maryland Green Power Co.
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