Hi Pedro What about personal use (make your own) and off-road use, ie farms etc? Then you could at least promote biofuels and help to create some awareness and a demand.
best Keith Addison >Once published the resolution of the Defense Court, it«s time to try to find >sollutions for a cleaner hydrocarbure Market. > >- For sure, it«s very important the the PETROL OPERATORS ( like the >sanctioned Cepsa ) cannot own FUEL-STATIONS by they own. Nearly the 50 % of >the CEPSA dealer Fuel-station are fuel-stations owned by the CEPSA itself. > >This is not a good thing for new fuels, like biodiesels. If CEPSA deciedes >not to sell biodiesel, you cannot sell it to the CEPSA fuel-stations. > >The best it that CEPSA must sell all they fuel-stations to another persons, >using the franchise system or similarly, but that CEPSA Petrol Operator ( >and none petrol operator ) cannot own ( or rent ) any fuel-stations > >So, there must be a SPLIT in the owning between Petrol Companies and >Fuel-Stations. > >- It«s an error stablish the free prices. It«s more interesting for the user >CEPSA Petrol Operator only can determinate the MAXIMUM price of the fuel, >but not the minumum ( so, the fuel-station owner can rise the prices ). > >.- It«s interesting register the General Conditions of the contracts between >the Petrol Operators and the Fuel-Stations, so the Defense Court can more >easily determinate and persecute illegal anticompetition contracts ( now, >there are similar requeriments for telecoms, gas and so on ). > >- We need more Hydrocarbure Operators ( like the biodieseler ones ). For >this, it«s necessary that Little Companies can be Petrol ( more accurately >Hydrocarbure ) Operators without the need of own 500 million ptas ( 3 >million euros !!!!!!!!!!!). The law-maker forgets the littles companies ( to >help the big petrol operator and ban the entry to this market of the little >biodiesel companies ). > >- For Little Hydrocarbure Companies ( like the biodieselers ), one have to >pay a lot of taxes ( duties, and so on ). There is a minimum tax that you >have to pay, independently the production of hydrocarbure you produce ( this >is another - oligopoly - guarantee for the big petrol companies ). > >- It«s very important promote the INDEPENDENT FUEL-STATIONS, to which the >biodiesel hydrocarbure operators can sell their biodiesel fuel. > >If you sell your biodiesel to a nowadays Petrol Operator ( CEPSA, REPSOL and >so on ) Fuel-station, they won«t buy it, because they are ordened by this >dominant petrol operator. > >Your only hope are the independent fuel-stations. > >In the near future, I supose the exclusivity contracts between Hydrocarbure >Operators and Fuel-Stations are going to be BANNED, for a free Market. > >For sure, these problem are similar for the rest of the European Union ( and >in the U.S.A. I suposse :? > >All the best. > > > > > > >Biofuels at Journey to Forever >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >Biofuel at WebConX >http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/