>I think it did work >that way during Prohibition didn't it? Didn't consumption go up?
Very much so. And certain families were "made". Kirk -----Original Message----- From: Keith Addison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 9:32 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [biofuel] Re: Legal Obstacles for Biodiesel Hi Kirk >And when I tell people things are structured beyond their wildest dream they >think I am a conspiracy nut. >Sigh. >Kirk Yes, sigh. You're right, things are. But also there are conspiracy nuts, eh? Too often I see them go flying off down some blind-alley or other while remaining oblivious to a real conspiracy right under their noses. For two centuries, economists have worried about what Adam Smith described as the tendency of chieftains in a market system "to deceive and even to oppress the public." For instance. For one such case, plenty of "conspiracy" around (even here) that the cancer evidence is all a plot by environmentalists to hurt Big Tobacco. Or was it by "socialists"? Both, probably. Along with the UN and its plot to impose World Government, yet the same people seem to defend big business while global corporatization somehow escapes them. Closer to home, I think people who jumped to the conclusion that the apparent EPA and NBB exclusion of small-scale biodiesel producers was a conspiracy were wrong. Just neglect, and blindness - the small guys were beneath their radar screen. They see profits of less than $10 million a year as "small". It remains to be proven, but it seems the way is clear now. But it was said to be a conspiracy by ADM - not a nice company at all, but let's get it right. Anyway, about this "funny" - what is it they say about coincidences? One coincidence is a coincidence, two coincidences is suspicious, three coincidences is enemy action. Something like that. Still, I doubt it. Even if so, I'd say it's too late, we're too widespread. Even tracing methanol sales, waste oil collection, etc, as someone just suggested - any real crackdown, would demand huge resources, more than it's worth, and put them in the awkward position of finally having to explain just why they're victimizing people who're probably doing more to save carbon and the environment than they are. Politically, it might be a hot potato. Anyway, at best, I think enforcement nets maybe 10% of any contraband, usually much less. The attraction of the illicit, plus a certain dissatisfaction with central government, might even encourage it. I think it did work that way during Prohibition didn't it? Didn't consumption go up? Best Keith ------------------------ 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/
