He invented it for farmers so they could press their own oil and run their own machinery. Somehow along the way, the big oil companies took over, and that was faded out.

It's quite a simple system. You can't tell other than the smell that you're burning vegetable oil.

They're happy to get rid of it. Otherwise, they have to pay a waste hauler.

You still have 100 hours of press time on any oil spill versus a tiny blurb or nothing at all if a company spends hundreds of millions on pollution control. Sometimes, they just throw up their hands. The best thing they can do is keep the debate focused on educating the public.

It was like, I'm O.K. with this, but if you press me, I have some doubts.

The press was still in good shape but we were facing obsolescence.