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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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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