Vegetable Oil Vigilante

From an AP story -

(Adams, N.Y.) -- A northern New York man using vegetable oil to heat his home and run his cars has been found guilty of violating zoning codes.

A village of Adams judge has ruled that Mike Leeder was in violating of zoning codes while filtering the oil to make it usable. The judge says Leeder lives in a commercial zone, and filtering is only allowed as an industrial use.

Leeder says he . . . cannot afford to pay the $2,000 fine by March 27 as the judge ordered.