SEATTLE, Wash. — Ben Black could have spent spring break relaxing in Panama City Beach, Florida.
Instead, the Middle Tennessee State University senior criminal justice major chose to spend it bonding with five older men driving 1,850 miles halfway across the country on waste chicken fat and used cooking oil from university dining facilities.
In what he calls the trip of a lifetime, Black, 21, said driving across the country was an awesome experience and it included driving a 100-mile portion after midnight March 9.
The “Southern Fried Fuel” expedition ended successfully March 10 when MTSU researcher Cliff Ricketts and his five-member team completed the 1,850-mile final leg that finished in Seattle.
(Follow veteran MTSU News and Media Relations staffer Randy Weiler’s daily blog as he travels March 8-10 with alternative fuels researcher Dr. Cliff Ricketts and his team to finish their coast-to-coast trip using biodiesel from waste chicken fat.) SEATTLE, Wash. — Ben Black could have spent spring break relaxing in Panama City…
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