At 04:36 PM 2/14/2002 +0000, you wrote: >--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dana Linscott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >- snipped... > >Dana, > >I can't disagree more. Well, I would have a hard time AGREEING more. I you want to claim that your product fits a certain set of qualities (such as the NBB list) then you must demonstrate that it is the same product.
Example: Kenmore makes refrigerators that earn an energy star rating. "Well, we make refrigerators like they do, so we're going to advertise energy star, too. What? Test our refrigerators? What are you talking about? We make 'em like they do! They're both refrigerators, aren't they?" The burden of proof lies on the producer. It works in fuels, and in most any other products. You make a claim, you have to back it up. If you want to call your candy bar 99% fat-free, you have to demonstrate it in the lab. It is truly sad that the price tag for demonstrating it is so high for Tom, ($1MM) but that doesn't mean that it should not then be required. >Biodiesel is better for our health and the environment. In general, no doubts here, but this is missing the point. EPA works under regs. Besides, you can end up with dioxins if you use certain kinds of yellow grease from floor grease traps, or so I've read on this list. Similar doesn't mean same, and it's up to the producer, IF HE WANTS TO SELL, to demonstrate it. Make it for your own personal car, you can pour whatever glop soap you want in your tank. Offer it for sale, and you're in a whole new ball game. Let the buyer beware is not legally sustainable, anymore. >Even the sloppiest home-brew is better than the best petro-diesel. Have to disagree with you here, Jim. I can visualize some pretty sloppy product that comes out of the end of the biodiesel reaction that I would never put in my car. Maybe it is better in certain carefully defined areas, but broad statements like this one only hurt your credibility, IMHO. >Jim Burke - Art Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
