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Originally Posted by headquarters
So SVO - could well be the thing ,its been in trials in both world wars and many a resource full motor owner will have dabbled in it .
It could be possible -but the downside is you have to grow it and that it diverts land from food crops.
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You are right about the downside but again, that will depend on where you are. It's in wide production around the world and you can find some natural sources almost everywhere.
All around the Mediterraean you'll find a fair number of olive trees that can be used for that purpose. In Mainland Europe, a number of crop is used to produce oil and it wouldn't be a problem to keep at least a part of this production. In Africa, you'll find palm oil. In other countries you'll be able to get oil from nuts. In all wine regions, you'll still be able to produce some kind of oil from the grapes without even lowering the food or wine output (you produce it from pip). In northern region, I wouldn't be surprised to see people using annimal grease (would it be possible from fish?).
Nowadays, that would be more difficult but in T2K, with the drop in vehicle number, it shouldn't be that much of a problem. The only things you need to produce that kind of oil are a tank, a flat stone, a wheel stone and something to roll the wheel (yourself, your wife, a donkey or some slaves).