Farm diesel is dyed red. Road diesel is clear. Feds should not be able to identify bio diesel by color.
Steven-Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anton Berteaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 9:49 PM Subject: RE: [biofuel] > I live in california, and road diesel is dyed red. if they check they fine > you, i don't know how much. I have been told that semi trailer rigs get > checked often, that big pickups with off road diesel dispensing tanks get > checked, but that private vehicles almost never get checked. If I were > running a truck line, I would never risk it, but biodiesel, which is not > red, in a private car seems pretty safe. > I addition, someone wrote in a while ago and said it was very difficult > volunteer to pay the tax on his/her homemade BD. > I wouldn't bother. > antohn > > -----Original Message----- > From: George & Lola Wesel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 1:13 PM > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [biofuel] > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I have been informed that technically, running biodiesel in you car > > without paying road tax is illegal. Any information . > > > > In KS the road tax is .21 cents on a gallon of gasoline and .23 cents on > everything else. Ethanol, Biodiesel, diesel, and popane are classified > as "Special Fuel" with a higher tax. This is state tax only, their is > also Federal Road Tax on top of this. I know of no state that does not > collect road tax, other than maybe Alaska. Their could be, but I can't > say for sure. > > The penality is simple. One hundred dollars (USD) per gallon of fuel > capacity of the vehile. If your car hold 20 gallon of diesel and you > are caught then your fine is $2,000.00 plus court costs. > > If the DOT askes to dip your tank and you say no then you have an > automatic $1,000.00 fine. They know it's diesel by the rattle of the > motor in a car or pickup. > > Road tax is paid on every gallon of fuel that is burned on a road. > Industrial and farm equipment use non-taxed diesel. > > I own several large trucks that travel form state to state and this is > direct form the DOT in KS as well as several other states. I assume > with confidence that the rest of the country is close to this. > > To check for sure, look at the price of diesel in your part of the > country. If it's more than .80 cents then you have road tax added. Ask > at any place that sells diesel fuel they will be more than happy to tell > you. > > All this is for KS only, your state could be completely different. > What you do and don't tell anybody, nobody will know about. I pay the > road tax, I can't afford not to. > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial http://us.click.yahoo.com/ACHqaB/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
