not. -England cracked down on all VO use - new or WVO becuase of road tax evasion...so only using WVO and not edible VO would not have stopped this clampdown.
-About 30,000 Germans use VO. They are so happy to pay the bulk price for fresh oil (as opposed to their incredibly over taxed fuel at the pump) that they don't even bother with WVO, they keep 1,000 liter totes in their garages and have edible VO delivered by truck to their houses. No crack down. I can't see how anyone (except the gov) would be upset about increased sales of fresh VO. If I were Cargill, ADM, a farmer or Costco, then, great, more money for them. The govt will get involved only for tax or "safety" issues which are going to be the same for homebrewed BioD from WVO or WVO use or fresh oil use. AND, since we have no shortage of VO, I just can't agree wtih you. The 1/6 figure...it's meaningless since we obviously cannot convert ALL cropland to oil production! However, if ALL CRP land (the land the govt pays farmers NOT to farm) were converted to oil production, it would cover 6% of all US diesel needs. So a little above 1/20, but that's on ground that taxpayers PAY farmers to allow weeds to grow on...to say nothing of arable land that is not cultivated and not in CRP. And that is figuring soybeans, which produce relatively low yield of oil...other crops would jack that up significantly. Add to that the new plant in Carthage, MO that turns turkey guts to diesel or the operation in Germany that converts almost anything into diesel: http://www.alphakat.de/index.html http://www.changingworldtech.com/ http://www.res-energy.com/ then, we see light at the end of the tunnel. Will VO's and turkey guts ever totally replace DinoD? Don't know and I won't be around to find out, but it will certainly help in the relatively short term. Chris --- B Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Biovolks, > > Speaking as an ardent WVO biodiesel advocate, > hearing > about large scale vegoil use for diesel fuel > troubles > me. Vegoil is intended first and foremost for food, > not vehicle fuel. If the entire available cropland > in > the US were converted to vegoil production, it would > satisfy less than one-sixth of the fuel needs of the > commercial truck fleet. Extensive retail purchasing > of cooking oil for fuel will inevitably lead to an > ugly backlash from government officials. Do we want > the fuel doors on our cars to have a government seal > to be opened only by a licensed dealer? If we think > the government wields a heavy hand on occasion, just > wait until people start messing with the nation's > food > supply. Prudence dictates that we should hunt down > more WVO sources and leave the cooking oil alone. > > Cheers, > > Bruce [assumes defensive crouch] > > --- Christopher McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Had lunch at Costco with my friend Jim, who is > > taking > > a trip this weekend. After downing 2 polish > > sausages, > > we went to my favorite aisle (#29) to get some > > soybean > > oil for him as my filter system is still not up to > > par > > yet (Costco oil is still substantially cheaper > than > > D2 > > here)...there were three guys already there > > purchaing > > oil for their greasel kit. They had gone 800 miles > > on > > their own filtered WVO and figured new VO at > Costco > > was better than the pump. BTW, they were driving a > > VW > > pickup. > > > > Hasta la Revolucion! > > > > > > > > Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, > > Missouri > > -1987 300TD, 150K miles, "Rotkäppchen" (Little Red > > Riding Hood) > > -1985 300SD, 209K miles, "Wulf" > > > (http://www.pictureblogger.com/My-1985-Mercedes-Benz-300SD) > > -1976 240D, ManyK miles, "AKP-Wagen" > (Alternativen > > Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen = Alternative Fuel > Test > > Vehicle) running > > WVO/WMO/LO/CO/WATF/WGL/WBF/DA/MS/lard/gas/kero/D2 > > mix (do not attempt this unless you are willing to > > sacrifice your IP, injectors, pre-chambers, etc.) > > -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, > snow > > blower, "One Banger" > > > > Bruce > 82 300CD 334kmi 'His' > 85 300CD 236kmi 'Hers' > 75 240D 194kmi 'Donner' > 77 240D 204kmi 'Blitzen' > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! 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