Re: Biodiesel

[Tony Nelson-Smith]

Slightly off the topic, folks in North America and elsewhere might not realise the enormous tax imposed on motor fuels in the UK. A year or so back, a run down most of the country was organised to demonstrate the use of alternative fuels: spent oil from fish-and-chip frying shops was collected, crudely distilled in a mobile laboratory and used in the demonstration vehicle (I think a diesel-engined car). It worked perfectly well (except for a strong smell of French fries in the exhaust) but the authorities insisted on an exact record being kept of the volumes used. Standard fuel tax then had to be paid on this. Another reason why biofuels haven't caught on as well as they should? Tony N-S.








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