in the US just stop by a truck stop or book store and purchase a commerical edition of the Rand McNally atlas. It will list the particulars about road use taxes for all of the states including Alaska and Hawaii. It also has a quick reference listing of the rules and regulations of commerical vehicle operation in the various states.
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Steven-Lee Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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/
