{"id":255155,"date":"2026-04-03T00:48:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:44:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:44:58","slug":"diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Diesel: How One Australian Man is Turning Cooking Oil into Fuel Amid Rising Gas Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man fed up with high fuel prices is drawing attention after making his own diesel and running it in his car.<\/p>\n

On April 1 (local time), the New York Post reported that Bruce Dunn, a contestant on Australia\u2019s reality show Big Brother and an HVAC technician, posted a video on his social media showing how he converted used cooking oil into vehicle fuel using a drum and filters.<\/p>\n

\n
\" 
  New York Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

In the video, he called fuel priced at $3.15 per liter (about 3,299 KRW (about $2.47)) \u201clegal robbery,\u201d saying it\u2019s no different from having money stolen on the street in broad daylight. He added that he\u2019d rather make his own diesel than pay such outrageous prices.<\/p>\n

Dunn collected used cooking oil from nearby shops, refined it, mixed it 50\/50 with conventional diesel, and filled his car\u2019s tank. He said paying roughly $500 (about 520,000 KRW (about $390)) for a single fill-up is abnormal and predicted people in his circle would soon try the same approach.<\/p>\n

Readers in South Korea who saw the post reacted with concern, posting comments such as, \u201cThat\u2019ll wreck the engine,\u201d \u201cTry that and your engine will blow,\u201d and \u201cWhat must it be like to drive someone to this? Ordinary people everywhere are just trying to survive \u2014 it\u2019s a sad reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Automotive expert David McCowan warned that modern vehicles\u2019 precision emissions-control systems can be damaged by fuels that don\u2019t meet specifications, potentially leading to engine failure.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Dailian Co. Unauthorized reproduction and redistribution prohibited<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A man in Australia turns used cooking oil into diesel fuel due to high oil prices, sharing the process on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2023-0078\/image-ebd72150-2381-45a6-a2e2-6d7fa059abad.png","footnotes":""},"categories":[278099],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobility"],"yoast_head":"\nDIY Diesel: How One Australian Man is Turning Cooking Oil into Fuel Amid Rising Gas Prices<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A man in Australia turns used cooking oil into diesel fuel due to high oil prices, sharing the process on social media.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ko_KR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DIY Diesel: How One Australian Man is Turning Cooking Oil into Fuel Amid Rising Gas Prices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A man in Australia turns used cooking oil into diesel fuel due to high oil prices, sharing the process on social media.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"nonhyeon-ilbo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-02T15:48:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-15T07:44:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CP-2023-0078-36151136_thumb.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1283\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b2265094fd34d8bb5cfbaf6040fa17d3\"},\"headline\":\"DIY Diesel: How One Australian Man is Turning Cooking Oil into Fuel Amid Rising Gas Prices\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-02T15:48:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-15T07:44:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/\"},\"wordCount\":264,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2023-0078\/image-ebd72150-2381-45a6-a2e2-6d7fa059abad.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Mobility\"],\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/\",\"name\":\"DIY Diesel: How One Australian Man is Turning Cooking Oil into Fuel Amid Rising Gas Prices\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2023-0078\/image-ebd72150-2381-45a6-a2e2-6d7fa059abad.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-02T15:48:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-15T07:44:58+00:00\",\"description\":\"A man in Australia turns used cooking oil into diesel fuel due to high oil prices, sharing the process on social media.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2023-0078\/image-ebd72150-2381-45a6-a2e2-6d7fa059abad.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2023-0078\/image-ebd72150-2381-45a6-a2e2-6d7fa059abad.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\ud648\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mobility\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/category\/mobility\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"DIY Diesel: How One Australian Man is Turning Cooking Oil into Fuel Amid Rising Gas Prices\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\",\"alternateName\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ko-KR\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cdn.tenbizt.com\/tenbizt\/2026\/02\/05114330\/mvp-org-logo-696x696-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.tenbizt.com\/tenbizt\/2026\/02\/05114330\/mvp-org-logo-696x696-1.jpg\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"nonhyeon-ilbo\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b2265094fd34d8bb5cfbaf6040fa17d3\",\"name\":\"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/author\/fastmaster\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"DIY Diesel: How One Australian Man is Turning Cooking Oil into Fuel Amid Rising Gas Prices","description":"A man in Australia turns used cooking oil into diesel fuel due to high oil prices, sharing the process on social media.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/","og_locale":"ko_KR","og_type":"article","og_title":"DIY Diesel: How One Australian Man is Turning Cooking Oil into Fuel Amid Rising Gas Prices","og_description":"A man in Australia turns used cooking oil into diesel fuel due to high oil prices, sharing the process on social media.","og_url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/","og_site_name":"nonhyeon-ilbo","article_published_time":"2026-04-02T15:48:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-15T07:44:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1283,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CP-2023-0078-36151136_thumb.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/"},"author":{"name":"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b2265094fd34d8bb5cfbaf6040fa17d3"},"headline":"DIY Diesel: How One Australian Man is Turning Cooking Oil into Fuel Amid Rising Gas Prices","datePublished":"2026-04-02T15:48:44+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-15T07:44:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/"},"wordCount":264,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2023-0078\/image-ebd72150-2381-45a6-a2e2-6d7fa059abad.png","articleSection":["Mobility"],"inLanguage":"ko-KR"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/","url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/","name":"DIY Diesel: How One Australian Man is Turning Cooking Oil into Fuel Amid Rising Gas Prices","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2023-0078\/image-ebd72150-2381-45a6-a2e2-6d7fa059abad.png","datePublished":"2026-04-02T15:48:44+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-15T07:44:58+00:00","description":"A man in Australia turns used cooking oil into diesel fuel due to high oil prices, sharing the process on social media.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ko-KR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ko-KR","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2023-0078\/image-ebd72150-2381-45a6-a2e2-6d7fa059abad.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2023-0078\/image-ebd72150-2381-45a6-a2e2-6d7fa059abad.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/mobility\/2026\/04\/03\/diy-diesel-one-australian-man-turning\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\ud648","item":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mobility","item":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/category\/mobility\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"DIY Diesel: How One Australian Man is Turning Cooking Oil into Fuel Amid Rising Gas Prices"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/","name":"nonhyeon-ilbo","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"nonhyeon-ilbo","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ko-KR"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#organization","name":"nonhyeon-ilbo","alternateName":"nonhyeon-ilbo","url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ko-KR","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cdn.tenbizt.com\/tenbizt\/2026\/02\/05114330\/mvp-org-logo-696x696-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.tenbizt.com\/tenbizt\/2026\/02\/05114330\/mvp-org-logo-696x696-1.jpg","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"nonhyeon-ilbo"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b2265094fd34d8bb5cfbaf6040fa17d3","name":"\uac1c\ubc1c\uae30\ud68d\ud300","url":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/author\/fastmaster\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}