I don't know about most states, but in my readings about home brew diesel, I found that in CA it's illegal to run more than 400 gallons a year of non-taxed home-brew fuel in a road going car. I don't know what you're supposed to do after that, pay someone a road tax, or just switch to regular gas? Don't know how easy it would be for them to bring a case either; but they're not dumb and they're looking to keep their revenue stream intact (and let's face it, CA roads need all the money they can get).
Out here in MN, they regularly check diesel trucks in the farming areas because farmers can get non-taxed fuel for their farm use. That fuel is dyed bright red, and a little dye goes a long way so you don't ever want to put any in your tank. I had to give the wife a proper talking to when the local gas station got a farm-use diesel pump to make sure that she was never tempted to fill up there (it's about 25 cents cheaper). Mark On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 8:45 PM, derf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My father put a Kubota diesel motor in a 73 Super Beetle. He gets > 45MPG and burns half diesel and half used vegetable oil. His > favourite restaurants give him the oil and it saves them having to pay > to dispose of it. > Old Mercedes and VW diesels are good candidates for running 100% used > veg oil. So far, Uncle Sam hasn't figured out how to tax the stuff. > I'm sure it won't be long, though. > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
