>To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >From: "skillshare" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 04:11:27 -0000 >Subject: [biofuel] Re: Fwd: Sale of biodiesel blends in jeopardy > >It's interesting what the NBB has decided to focus on- the aspect that >'blends' might be made to look bad on the proposed label. In the case >of the consumers, people on our local California email list, >burnveggies (www.goblin.punk/net/mailman/listinfo/burnveggies, the >labeling discussion is from this month's messages if you get into the >archives to look) , are primarily concerned about the fact that this >proposal makes B100 look bad. We also noted that it's favoring blends >in some ways (or this was my impression anyway), which of course goes >along with the fact that 1. the proposal is sponsored by a few oil >companies (including one who sells biodiesel, western states oil) and >that 2. the federal excise tax excemption benefits vendors who sell >B20 or less (because a gallon off biodiesel nets a $1 a gallon subsidy >if divided 5 ways and sold as B20, and only $.20 cents a gallon >subsidy if sold as B100 or anything in between B20 and B100). I could >be remembering wrong but I think there were not any engine >manufacturers on the sponsors list- the language is geared to >providing the impressino that the use of over-B-20-blends could cause >vehicle damage and void your warrantly (not quite true, the warranty >part!). It seems to me that it's in the interest of some potential >biodiesel vendors to promote a market for lower blends in order to >sell the subsidy (gee, where has this sort of thing happened before.. >the tax credit era of solar brought consumers somne fly-by-night >companies and some bad business practices by those trying to cash in >on subsidies, which led to problems in the industry that persisted a >long time after the profiteers were gone) > >But regardless of conspiracy theories, , the fact that they're >insisting that since biodiesel doesn;'t meet the diesel >specifications, is a REALLY huge issue. They reference ASTM 975 - >which is the diesel spec and is completely irrelevant to biodiesel. >Biodiesel has it's own, fully adopted specification- ASTM D-6751 > >Mark > > > > >--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >From: Charles Hatcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: Sale of biodiesel blends in jeopardy > > >Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 13:37:06 -0600 > > > > > > ><http://biodiesel.grassroots.com/ca_blending/?lk=1741951-1741951-0-10 > > >047-FzFzGnE80n64RYJOHKZLgKurTC5FTl/D>California Blending & Labeling > > > > > > A new regulation restricting the sale of biodiesel blends and > > >requiring a warning label at the pump has been introduced in > > >California. You're not in California? Your state may be one of over > > >30 that is linked to California regulations. Your purchases almost > > >certainly will be affected by the National Conference of Weights >and > > >Measures, which is looking at the proposed rules as a model. > > > > > >The language would require biodiesel blends to meet fuel > > >specifications for petrodiesel. If adopted, this requirement could > > >disallow the sale of biodiesel blends such as B20. Additionally, >the > > >proposed pump warning label is negative and unnecessary. > > > > > >The Division of Measurement Standards has stated that it needs as > > >many people to comment as possible. Quantity, not quality, counts > > >here. Here is a link for a summary, sample letter and exact >language > > >of the proposed regulation. > > > > > > ><http://biodiesel.grassroots.com/ca_blending/>http://biodiesel.grassr > > >oots.com/ca_blending/ > > > > > >The deadline for submitting comments is Tuesday, October 14th. > > > > > >Comments can be submitted electronically to: > > ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] Or via fax at: 916/229-3026. > > > > > >Thank you in advance for your time and assistance. > > > > > >Charles Hatcher > > >Regulatory Director > > >National Biodiesel Board > > >573.635.3893
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