On Sunday, October 6, 2002, at 06:04 PM, murdoch wrote: > The political "capital" to be gained by politicians embracing and > pushing for this is significant. We have not only ... > 2. improving waste-disposal
First we should make sure that waste feedstocks are a full peer of virgin feedstocks. The texts of some recent bills in the U.S. Senate (S.1942, S.1979) and House (H.R.4843) define "biodiesel" as: "The term 'biodiesel' means the monoalkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from virgin vegetable oils for use in compressional-ignition (diesel) engines. Such term shall include esters derived from vegetable oils from corn, soybeans, sunflower seeds, cottonseeds, canola, crambe, rapeseeds, safflowers, flaxseeds, rice bran, and mustard seeds." The bills in question propose tax incentives for biodiesel producers and buyers. It doesn't sound like WVO- or animal-derived biodiesel is actually illegal to produce or sell, but certainly the tax advantages seem centered around virgin oils. Not sure of the status of these bills--I guess I didn't pay enough attention in school to interpret the records on thomas.loc.gov! Thanks all, these are great discussions. Dan Hale, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Home Selling? Try Us! http://us.click.yahoo.com/QrPZMC/iTmEAA/MVfIAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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/
