big brother might have the size and power, but little brother has the
speed and a Tazer...
On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 18:42 -0700, Derick Giorchino wrote:
> Good for him. I hope the law looses there case against him. Maybe we as
> people of the world should get together in groups and buy the land as groups
> so all the roads are owned by the land owners as is done here in the states
> in some places as private planed communities. This will take time but the
> absurd thing about this is we the people of the world have purchased the
> roads many times over yet we are held to a higher standard than an owner.
> Why?
> Is it that we are not doing what big brother tells us to do? We are not
> lining there pockets.
> I think it is time to show big brother that we have grown up and don’t need
> our hands held at every turn. Nor slapped. Some day little brother will
> stand up if there is not some understanding of what we need or want.
>
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> vegetable-poweredtruck
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> http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article1214520.ece
>
> Friday, August 4th, 2006
>
> John Lichfield in Paris
>
> A French farmer faces prosecution for driving on public roads in a
> vegetable-powered truck.
>
> Olivier Lainé, a cereals farmer based near Rouen in Normandy, believes he
> will go down in history, not as a criminal, or tax-evader, but a
> “revolutionary”.
>
> M. Lainé, 49, was arrested near his farm by French customs officers. He
> faces prosecution for driving a vehicle powered by an “unauthorised fuel” -
> namely pure vegetable oil, made from colza, or rape seed, grown on his own
> farm.
>
> An EU directive passed last year instructs member states to encourage the
> use of pure vegetable oil as a form of fuel for diesel-powered vehicles.
> Paris has failed so far to translate the directive into law.
>
> “They say that I am breaking the law. I say that they are breaking European
> law,” M. Lainé said. “We will see who is right. What I am doing will be
> seen as the beginning of a revolution. The world is short of fossil fuels.
> It has a surplus of agricultural produce. Using pure vegetable oil as a
> fuel can make a small contribution to solving both problems.”
>
>
> M. Lainé is spokesman within the département of Seine-Maritime for the
> militant small farmers’ union, the Confédération Pay-sanne. The union
> accused the French government yesterday of “hypocrisy”.
>
> Paris talks of making a contribution to a cleaner environment, the union
> said, but blocks local initiatives to use pure vegetable oil.
>
> The use of vegetable oil as fuel is authorised for vehicles while operating
> on a farm. It is illegal to drive vegetable-powered vehicles on public
> roads because no tax has been paid on the fuel.
>
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