Grease trap rustlers feeding black market in biofuels

Continuing our theme of stories about the impact of rising gas prices, the Associated Press is reporting a new phenomenon of grease trap thieves. As more people turn to biofuels, apparently cooking fat has now become a hot item. Grease haulers who pick up the grease residue from local restaurants to be recycled into biodiesel, are finding the traps empty.

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Photo by AP.

- David Adams

Comments

Slippery thieves.

I tell ya, times are getting tough and if it's not nailed down, it'll disappear. The home next door was vacant for three days before it was stripped of it's central air conditioning unit (for the copper and aluminum). The desperadoes have risen and now walk the earth!

Time to implement a well-known Texas law here in Florida: In Texas you are justified using deadly force to protect your property even when no lives are in danger.