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Old 06-09-2004, 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by farmb0y
There's also the legal issue. I don't think you can burn veggie oil legally, but wouldn't imagine it to be too big of a problem getting caught.
But for now, I'm going to stick with my soy biodiesel, help my truck, myself and other farmers out.
I saw a thread about that on the veggie oil forum. Right now the consensus there is since this particular veggie oil system runs in conjunction with the diesel fuel (and therefore taxed) then you (and a sharp lawyer) could claim it as a "fuel additive" - as far as I know there is no law on how much additive you can put in a tank of fuel. IANAL and YMMV. I agree Farmb0y - the sooner we can ban the chemical additives (like MTBE for petrol) and add soy to diesel or alky to petrol the better off we will all be. <soapbox>But this won't happen as long as a Texan is in the White House - not that someone from Taxachusetts is going to be any better</soapbox>