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Cooking oil is in such short supply (Ukraine produced much of the world's seed-derived cooking oil) that UK fish and chip shops were unable to get supplies. I'

Cooking oil is in such short supply (Ukraine produced much of the world's seed-derived cooking oil) that UK fish and chip shops were unable to get supplies. I've seen news reports of cooking oil thefts here in the US - restaurants being broken into for their frying or cooking oil. Trying to push these "solutions" is beyond irresponsible. People in many countries can't afford to eat, and we're turning food into fuel?

jzwinck 4y ago
The fuel is made from used, waste oil. Not something you can cook with. The article explains this. Same is true when you read about cars and buses powered by cooking oil. They aren't going to the grocery store to buy the oil.
josephcsible 4y ago
It runs on used cooking oil.
TheSpiceIsLife 4y ago
Diesel fuel thefts from road work equipment and farm machinery here in Australia have also recently spiked.
yobbo 4y ago
> Ukraine produced much of the world's seed-derived cooking oil Best I can find is that Ukraine accounts for as much as 50% of exported sunflower seed oil, which is different from "much of the world's seed-derived cooking oil" since almost all countries produce cooking oil domestically, and american imports are most likely from canada. https://www.ifpri.org/blog/impact-ukraine-crisis-global-vegetable-oil-market https://www.ifpri.org/blog/impact-ukraine-crisis-global-vege...
- 2000UltraDeluxe 4y ago
  There's still cooking oil available but there's definitely less of it and at a higher price. The local stores here are out of the cheaper brands of rapeseed and sunflower oil.
nibbleshifter 4y ago
The intent is to use waste oil, so, the oil remaining after shits been cooked in it. Usually this is referred to as WVO (waste vegetable oil). Similar to how people process WVO from fish and chip shops into biodiesel for vehicles by reacting it with methanol and potassium hydroxide after some cleanup steps. At the moment disposing of WVO is costly and wasteful.
HeyLaughingBoy 4y ago
> restaurants being broken into for their frying or cooking oil If that were happening, I'd expect to see shortages of cooking oil on store shelves. I don't recall that ever being the case.

jzwinck 4y ago

The fuel is made from used, waste oil. Not something you can cook with. The article explains this. Same is true when you read about cars and buses powered by cooking oil. They aren't going to the grocery store to buy the oil.

josephcsible 4y ago

It runs on used cooking oil.

TheSpiceIsLife 4y ago

Diesel fuel thefts from road work equipment and farm machinery here in Australia have also recently spiked.

yobbo 4y ago

> Ukraine produced much of the world's seed-derived cooking oil Best I can find is that Ukraine accounts for as much as 50% of exported sunflower seed oil, which is different from "much of the world's seed-derived cooking oil" since almost all countries produce cooking oil domestically, and american imports are most likely from canada. https://www.ifpri.org/blog/impact-ukraine-crisis-global-vegetable-oil-market https://www.ifpri.org/blog/impact-ukraine-crisis-global-vege...

2000UltraDeluxe 4y ago
There's still cooking oil available but there's definitely less of it and at a higher price. The local stores here are out of the cheaper brands of rapeseed and sunflower oil.

nibbleshifter 4y ago

The intent is to use waste oil, so, the oil remaining after shits been cooked in it. Usually this is referred to as WVO (waste vegetable oil). Similar to how people process WVO from fish and chip shops into biodiesel for vehicles by reacting it with methanol and potassium hydroxide after some cleanup steps. At the moment disposing of WVO is costly and wasteful.

HeyLaughingBoy 4y ago

> restaurants being broken into for their frying or cooking oil If that were happening, I'd expect to see shortages of cooking oil on store shelves. I don't recall that ever being the case.