I'm all for paying my road tax. I pay my road tax everytime i fill up my main tank. Most 2 tank folks do. I just happen to be able to go 1300 miles on that tank of fuel.

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VegStew
1983 300SD 70,000 WVO Powered miles
1990 300D In driveway with Head Off - Cracked

Is there a list of states that exempt this that you found?

I'd be curious to read what the laws are for each state on the subject.

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1980 500SE/AMG Euro
1981 500SEL Euro
1982 380SEL
1983 300TD
1983 500SEC/AMG Euro
1984 500SEC
1984 300TD Euro
1986 190E 2.3-16
1986 190E 2.3
1987 300D
1997 C36 AMG
2003 C320T 4matic

past: 1969 280SE 4.5 | 1978 240D | 1978 300D | 1981 300SD | 1981 300SD | 1982 300CD | 1983 300CD | 1983 300SD | 1983 380SEC | 1984 300D | 1984 300D | 1984 300TD | 1984 500SEL | 1984 300SD | 1985 300D | 1986 300E | 1986 560SEL | 1986 560SEL/Carat | 1987 560SEC | 1991 300D 2.5 | 2006 R350

Can you clarify that statement. Have they dropped the fuel tax for bio and WVO?

So how many of the people in this thread that are cheering for the state to nail these people to the wall support a fuel tax holiday?

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1982 240D
1993 Mazda Miata LE
1991 Mazda MPV
1993 Volvo 940 Turbo Wagon

That is a complete joke.

IMO, a "fuel tax holiday" is exactly the wrong message if you want to decrease consumption. The public needs to understand that the only direction of fuel prices is going to be up, and the government is not going to bail them out. We want consumers to be buying their next vehicles based on the assumption that they will be paying $6+/gallon for gas/diesel in the near future.

Yes, there is no fuel tax for VO in Washington state. There is still a fuel tax on Bio, though.

Commercial Bio, yes. Home brewed Bio, no tax.

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1984 300 Coupe TurboDiesel
Silver blue paint over navy blue interior
2nd owner & 2nd engine in an otherwise
99% original unmolested car
~210k miles on the clock

1986 Ford F250 4x4 Supercab
Charcoal & blue two tone paint over burgundy interior
Banks turbo, DRW, ZF-5 & SMF conversion
152k on the clock - actual mileage unknown

It's hardly enough tax money to worry about. If everybody used ALL of the waste veggie oil to drive with, there would be about 12 gallons per person per year (unless we start eating more fryed food). That's not even one fillup a year of lost revenue per driver. They could lose more revenue if everybody just kept their tires properly inflated.

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Ron Schroeder
'85 300 Turbo Diesel 2 tank WVO
'83 300 Turbo Diesel 2 tank WVO
Some former WVO vehicles since ~1980:
'83 Mercedes 240D
'80 Audi 4000D
'83 ISUZU Pup
'70 SAAB 99 with Kubota diesel
'76 Honda Civic with Kubota diesel
'86 Golf
Several diesel generators
All with 2 tank WVO conversion
LI NY

I'm not allowed to post in this thread.

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99 ML320
94 SL600
92 SL500
95 E320 Cabriolet
87 560SEC
86 300SDL Grease Car
80 380SLC Euro

13 Fiat Abarth
02 Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa
00 BMW Z3
90 Rolls Royce Silver Spur
80 Ferrari 308 GTSI
88 Jaguar XJS12 H&E Edition
99 Land Rover Discovery

Then it's a good thing that you didn't post.

I say if they, (the government-which we are actually supposed to control) and the bureau's of the government (which are overloaded with employees who are paid for by our hard earned tax dollars) don't have anything better to do with their days than set around and figure out how to screw their employers (you and I) out of another dime by going after people who turn waste vegetable oil into cleaner burning fuel than the alternative (petroleum products of big oil companies), then we should give them their layoff checks pronto.
Which makes me ponder 3 more points; A) Why are there not any 'small' oil companies? B) Would Rudolph Diesel have been a criminal before the oil companies acquired a monopoly on fuel for diesels?, and C) How is it that Venezuela manages to sell gasoline for 13 cents a gallon while we get gouged deeper each day? (Ohhh, That's why the Bush the bush administration hates those guys so much!) And whoever mentioned fat in conjunction with WVO, it's not true. It's vegetable oil, not lard. Man, would the guys at the Boston Tea Party be ashamed of us!

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"Knowing is not enough, we must apply.
Willing is not enough, we must do." Goethe

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1951 Chevy 3100

2003 Indian Chief Roadmaster

1983 GMC 1 ton Dually

1982 Chevy 1 ton Dually, service body (sold)

'90 GMC Suburban 6.2 "SS Veg-Burban"
(single tank WVO\diesel conversion) SOLD

'81 300D ~ Mama's car...my job (now my car)(but still my job) SOLD

'83 300sd ~ rescue car SOLD

2005 Ford Taurus (Mama's new car)(NOT my job!)

So is there somewhere that you could actually refer to on this? I have searched for hours for something on the internet that tells me yay or nay and can't find squat.

As a CA resident, it's very apparent to me as it is always with CA state politics: where and what else can we tax to reap more tax benefits to cover our overspending on inane, bull#### social programs, pork spending, paying for illegal immigrant benefits and emergency care, worthless gang prevention programs, etc? and to the poster who pointed out that it would be a pittance. but that's california for you. go after the easy, low hanging fruit...even if the fruit is the size of an apricot.

personally speaking, i wouldnt mind paying the road tax and any kind of yearly license that is reasonable. but as it is, it's insane to apply commercial laws and regulations on me, so yes, i'm going (and will go) under the radar.

I'm with you on govt interference in the biodiesel movement, but most of the rest of your post is lost on me. a few rebuttals:

a) like banks, there were many oil companies post ww2. how many? i dont konw, but i have read enough to know that many were bought out, merged, etc. like it is today in the banking industry.

b) ??? i think there's some insinuation here and part rhetorical question, but i dont know how to answer this

c) venezuela is a producer of oil and refines as well. it is state controlled and state subsidized. therefore, price controlled. that said, 13 cents? where did you read that? we still buy venezuelan oil...read the Dept of Energy's list of our main sources of imported oil. You'll find Venezuela in the top 5. hugo can talk all he wants, send his troops to help anti-US insurgents, but hugo still sells our oil to our oil companies and Bush does not do anything about it.

and c'mon, while i am no fan of bush, i am educated enough to know that there are other factors that affect crude oil prices as of late and bush isnt even on my list. china, india, oil speculators, etc are the top three. bush, bush's daddy, his oil cronies, etc and other popular left wing "ice breakers" at the community gathering of socialists at the local organic coffee shop is not the reason you are paying over $5 for diesel.