Re: Biodiesel

[Harmon Seaver <hseaver@cybershamanix.com>]

   The whole idea of taxing home made biofuels is just that ridiculous. I wonder
when they'll start trying to tax the vegetables people grow in their gardens, or
the firewood they cut? If I build a chair will I have to pay a tax on it? If I
build a windmill to make electricity should I have to pay a tax on that energy?
   Also, for those who claim that there *is* a federal tax on biofuels, what is
it? The US fed gasoline tax is 18.4 cents per gallon (although ethanol blended
gasoline is only 13 cents), the fed diesel tax is 24.4 cents per gallon -- what
is the exact tax on biodiesel and on ethanol, and on hydrogen?



On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 12:40:57PM +0200, Carl Carley (EMP) wrote:
> So if I build a gasifier to run my IC engine and collect dead wood from the side of the road, will the UK government tax me I wonder?
> I suppose they'd call on 'special branch' ha ha ha !!
>  
> Carl
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elk [mailto:elk@wananchi.com]
> Sent: 12 October 2002 06:49
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> Subject: Biodiesel
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> 
> Short note on recycled cooking oil:
>  
> Just heard on the BBC that British traffic police are cracking down on motorists using discarded cooking oil to dilute the fuel in their diesel vehicles- the offence is apparently that they avoid paying automotive fuel taxes- which is perceived as an offence.
>  
> The response team that has been formed is nicknamed the 'Frying Squad' and they apparently use their noses to detect the lawbreakers- a car's emissions using a proportion of used cooking oil as fuel smells of fish & chips.
>  
> No joke- it's humorous, but a sad commentary on a government's tolerance to fuel substitution.
>  
> elk
>  
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