>Incidentally, talking of cross-fertilisation, one of the bases for the >biodiesel argument has been the ethical switch from returning used vegetable >oil, ex-restaurants etc - to the human food chain via animal feeds to the >production of biodiesel instead. > >Terry
Hello Terry A big welcome folks for Terry de Winne, mainstay of the biodiesel movement in the UK. Please check out his website, if you haven't already, it's excellent - details below (from Journey to Forever's Biodiesel resources page). (Terry, please tell me if you think it needs updating, as the situation there changes.) I've been asking that question about feeding the stuff to animals for years, since my farming days, and getting a blank stare in return, or worse. It's great that so many people are asking it now, and that the perfect solution is to hand, in the form of biodiesel. Pity it took BSE and the dioxin scares to turn the tide, but maybe we've learnt some lessons, albeit expensive ones. All best Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ Terry de Winne's Biofuels for Sustainable Transport site focuses on the lack of UK Government Policy: "So why does the British government tax biodiesel at the same rate (48.82p per litre) as fossil diesel?" To be kind, because they're muddled. Thanks to a small contingent of campaigners, things may be about to change. Terry -- alias Terry UK -- or Terry de Winne MF, to give him his full title, was awarded a Millennium Fellowship for his research into electric vehicles and biodiesel. http://www.biofuels.fsnet.co.uk/ Sustainable Transport Fuels -- good roundup of the various contenders, with the focus on biodiesel and lots of well-annotated resources: http://www.biofuels.fsnet.co.uk/sustain.htm For the full story on biodiesel and UK taxation: http://www.dewinne.freeserve.co.uk/bio.htm For the British DTI's muddled attitude to energy: http://www.biofuels.fsnet.co.uk/dtienergy.htm Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
