Cross-post... hagerva, you're a member here, why didn't you post it here? This question has been extensively discussed here, probably more than anywhere else, and a lot of answers found. Check out the archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuels-biz
Best Keith >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "hagerva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 07:17:02 -0000 >Subject: [Biodiesel] EPA and the NBB are problems >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Are any of you involved in manufacturing biodiesel for sale or know >anyone who is? If so how did you get in compliance? > A petroleum diesel manufacturer can start operating with less red- >tap that someone making biodiesel. The industry needs quality >standards but the EPA's air quality testing requirements are absurd. >We are all capable (or should be) of producing a quality diesel from >WVO or far less than a $1 a gallon, but due to the EPA air quality >testing we cant sell our products. Now would be a great time to >introduce our product to the trucking community. There is a chart on >the trucking associations web site that displays the perfect >correlation between increases in fuel cost and increases in trucking >business going under. >The NBB only interest is soy farmers. These are the same Midwest >(for the most part) farmers who netted $188 BILLION dollars of >unneeded government subsidies last year. Rather than selling >biodiesel to willing purchasers the NBB members would rather force >consumers to buy biodiesel at $3 gallon. Their opinion is very >influential and it seems they are doing their best to keep a tight >grip on biodiesel. I feel the NBB is responsible for biodiesel >remaining categorized as an Atypical fuel by the EPA. This prevents >others from selling it. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make Money Online Auctions! Make $500.00 or We Will Give You Thirty Dollars for Trying! http://us.click.yahoo.com/yMx78A/fNtFAA/46VHAA/9bTolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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/
