[biofuel] Australia - home brewers have to pay excise

2004-06-17 Thread Angus Scown
Thought I would let other counties know how the Australian Government is about to make it illegal to produce biodiesel at home without a license. They are bringing in a fuel excise of Aus$ 0.39 for biodiesel for commercial and home manufacturers. You can read about it more if interested at

Re: [biofuel] Australia - home brewers have to pay excise

2004-06-17 Thread Donald Allwright
The situation is similar here in the UK. Basically you have to pay duty on vehicle fuel, even if it's home brewed (can't remember the exact amount off the top of my head), and although the licence is supposed to be easy to obtain it's a definite disincentive to starting up. I'm currently using