What a dilemma for vegans?  Here is a 100% biodegradable engine oil, made entirely from products grown in America but those products happen to be cows, pigs and chickens.  Omnivores, however, will have absolutely no problem getting behind this new technology.

Green Earth Technologies (GET) uses animal fat as the basis for its line of biodegradable motor oils cutting down on slaughterhouse waste as well as engine waste.  This adds a brand new meaning to “recycling”.

GET oils(G-oils) use no petrochemicals so dwindling fossil fuel supplies are not a worry.  The products developed from animal fat actually perform as well as or better than the petrochemical based products on the market. G-oils are also completely biodegradable.

The basic chemistry of the animal fat (tallow) is much better for engine products than vegetable based oils.  Tallow is more stable and works at much lower temperatures than other bio based oils making it the preferred base component. 

G-oil and its packaging are completely green.  GET uses recycled plastic for the bottles and recycled paper for the labels.  The bottles are also recyclable #1 and #2 plastic.  G-oil doesn’t have to be recycled since adding G-DISPOSOIL breaks the oil down so that it is safe to pour in the soil. 

The proprietary process that creates G-oil uses nano technology, dehydrogenation, and bio degradable additives.  The resulting oil meets all American Petroleum Institute (API) standards meeting or exceeding the testing scores of petroleum based motor oils on the market.(see below)  G-oil comes in oil weights appropriate for cars, RVs, lawn mowers, outboard boat engines, and four wheelers.

GET also produces other environmentally friendly products for your car including car wash, tire shine, glass cleaner and rain repellant.  Household products include tile and grout cleaner and odor eliminator.  All of these products are also in green packaging like G-Oil.

GET’s motto is “Save the Earth, Sacrifice Nothing”.  I’m not sure our barnyard friends would agree.  Actually, if they could use the waste from liposuction, I might be able to “donate” to the cause.  Hmm.  I wonder….

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Entry was posted on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 at 1:05 pm under Green Technology, Science and technology.

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