ok now call me crazy but isn't this the same thing as hydrogenated oil??? Like hydrogenated vegatable oil you find in foods sometimes, the stuff w/ trans fat in it that they're trying to ban now because of how unhealthy it is? I think the main reason they use it is just like that article was saying too, because you can make a lot more of it cheaper. A huge majority of restaurants use hydrogenated oils in their fryers because it's so much cheaper, and a lot of guys use the WVO to run their trucks so it must still work like regular veg oil.