Grants? From the government for Alternative Fuel? Because it's a good idea and the right thing to do? hahahaha, thank you, m'boy, for a good laugh. That's not the way the government works. If you want money, you need the right people to make it happen. 1 good personal connection in AG or DOE is worth a dozen beautifully written grants. A good place to start networking in conferences where govvies attend. Foundations are somewhat different but anywhere, it's not what you know, it's who you know.
Good luck! -Mike , > I've researched the US state and federal incentives and programs and would > suggest that you start at the DOE's Alternative Fuel > website...http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/ . There is quite a wealth of > information there, and some of it is actually helpful. One item of > particular interest I will point out to you here, so as to save you some > time and trouble. The vast majority of state incentive programs are > politically motivated and have zero funding. The bills are passed to make > the politicians look good, but they do nothing about seeing it through. > Good luck! >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 08:30:43 -0400 >> From: Kurt Nolte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [Biofuel] lookin for grants and a few more questions >> To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >> Message-ID: >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >>>From what I understand, well, at least as it was explained to me by the >>>DOT >> here in South Carolina, is that <i>anything</i> used as a fuel on the >> roads >> has to have the road tax paid on it. It doesn't matter what it's being >> sold >> as, additive, fuel, or even tank cleaner, if you use it as your primary >> fuel >> source on the road and they find out about it, you will be fined and >> backtaxed (In the event of it not already having been taxed. I think >> technically you're supposed to pay the tax on any fuel you produce, as >> well, >> but I don't know about any kind of cut-off or buffer you have to fill >> before >> paying. Maybe it's something that could be individually worked out? >> I found all this out when I was looking into powering a car on Kerosene, >> which at the time was half the price of unleaded gasoline. >> I've been toying with the idea of, once I'm up and experienced with >> this, >> establishing a non-profit business to sell BD at-cost to local merchants >> and >> the bus systems (Schools and otherwise) just to help them free up some >> money >> to work on improvements they need to work on. But I'd have to hit some >> pretty massive capacities to be able to do that, thus the experienced >> part >> of the requirements. (The CATbus system alone burns through some two >> thousand gallons per week, by what I've figured.)) >> >> On 10/3/05, Evergreen Solutions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Is anyone familiar with any grants, (federal, preferably) for BD >>> research/production? I'm sure they are out there, I just need to find >>> them. >>> >>> Also, does anyone know where to look for the tax-break info for >>> companies >>> using BD, and what percentage BD they need to use to receive the >>> benefit? >>> >>> And, lastly, I know you can make some number of gallons per year before >>> you are expected to pay taxes. What's that number? And if you sell even >>> 1 >>> gallon, you're responsible for all the associated taxes, regardless of >>> how >>> many gallons you've made, right? I'm wondering, what if you sold it as >>> an >>> additive to people. Like "Come pick up 5 gallons and add it to your >>> fuel >>> tank", since it's sold as an "additive", think you still need to pay >>> diesel >>> taxes on it? Even if people ran it as B100, if you sold it as an >>> additive, >>> might you get out of liability? That would be like someone running >>> "drigas" >>> as their only fuel, legally I mean. >>> >>> Yes? No? Comments? >>> >>> Thanks! >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
