Grease bandits strike as biofuel demand rises.

[phantom power]

No, really.

San Jose, Calif. - Mark Rosenzweig watched with suspicion as a tanker truck sidled up to a local Burger King's grease bin last month. The driver plunged a hose into the 300-gallon tub of used French-fry grease and slurped it into his tank.

Mr. Rosenzweig called the police, patiently citing legal codes to convince them that, yes, grease theft is a crime. He should know. As a legitimate grease collector, he has his livelihood stolen four to five times a month these days.

In March, grease bandits in South Bend, Ind., broke bin locks to get to their oozy booty. One collector, Griffin Industries Inc., has two detectives working cases in Kentucky, Texas, Florida, Missouri, and against an entire grease gang in northern Arkansas.

Grease is a traded commodity like gold or pork bellies, and its price has tripled in the past two years – leading to increased theft. The reason: Grease can be used to make bio-diesel and has seen the same price spike as corn and other biofuel inputs.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080506/ts_csm/agrease

[htuttle]

1. "Just give us the grease...and walk away..."

[Selatius]

2. Everybody knows we can live without food. That's why they deleted it from calculating inflation.

:sarcasm:

[Sequoia]

3. Grease is the word I guess

We take the pressure and we throw away.
Conventionality belongs to yesterday.
There is a chance that we can make it so far.
We start believing now
that we can be who we are.

Grease is the word.
(grease is the word, is the word,that you heard)

It's got groove.
It's got meaning.
Grease is the time,
is the place,
is the motion.
Grease is the way we are feeling.

This is a life of illusion,
wrapped up in troubles,
laced in confusion.
What are we doing here?