Are people trying to legislate WVO off the streets?
The idea of free fuel is very tempting but I've been wondering if WVO runs afoul of road-tax fuel regulations.


Happy Motoring, Mark

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Hey did you tell us that??? No. Hey free is free.

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the oil from the fryers. i can get peanut oil from 2 mexican places and then there is the vertical fryers people do turkeys in. good heavens no i wont spend 25 bucks for 5 qts of peanut oil.

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Let me start with a disclaimer, I am not a medical expert or doctor. And even they would probably say there is no way to test everyone for their hypersensitivity level.
However, I have a food allergy (not peanuts) and have done a lot of reading in this area. Those here who have poked fun at allergies probably should do the same. They do not realize, or refuse to, how serious a food allergy can be. We are talking death, as in skull and cross-bones danger, not a "little rash". I had my reaction at the age of 31, and until then, was unaware of the severity. (near anaphylactic shock)
To answer your question, you should have nothing to fear about burning peanut oil. The reasoning behind this is that researchers are finding that refined peanut oil, not crude, is much safer to use because of the process removing the majority of the parts that cause an allergic reaction. More than likely, the WVO you are using is refined because it is better for cooking any way. (similar to virgin olive oil and light olive oil) Crude peanut oil would have the risk of "burning" because of the fats in the oil. The process of combustion would remove the remaining proteins in refined oil to the point of nearly nil.
If you feel like you would like documentation to support this, there are many sites to gain information from. (Do a search for "peanut oil allergy) Also, I am glad to see that yourself and others care enough to at least raise this question.

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Not if it is used as an additive by mixing it with taxed diesel or B100 purchased from a retail source.

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I had this idea involving a cheap used VW diesel and running around to various fast-food establishments for my free fillups. I now realize it's not quite that simple. But now, If I have one gallon of taxed diesel in my tank and then top it off with 15 gallons of WVO, does that count as an additive? Looks like that 'free fuel' might not be so free, unless I want to risk the wrath of the taxman. Not that they'd be interesed or likely to pursue me today, but if and when WVO becomes more popular....

Happy Motoring, Mark

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FYI-this is the 'holy grail' to vegoil burners everwhere.

Believe me, for various reasons, getting across the revenooers is the last thing I intend to do; therfore, I've done a lot of research on this very question. From what I can tell in Texas at least, there is no definition of what constitutes an additive or, at what ratio that additive ceases to be an additive and starts becoming the fuel.

In addition, commercially produced and sold biodiesel is not taxed either. So, techinically, if I were to run 20% B100 bio as the fuel with 80% WVO as my "additive", no road tax will have been collected.

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Here in the Lone Star State, B100 is tax exempt.

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The US infernil revanurrers (IRS) has declared that biodiesel is an experimental fuel and is tax exempt under federal tax system. The problem with this rulling is everyone is still putting Fed fuel tax on the stuff and there is a procudure for reclaiming the taxes. The taxe procedure is set up for corperate type business and not individuals and there fore almost impossible for small farmer or you & I to reclaim. There are some states following fed lead and some not and the sellers are all rapped up around the axel and confussed. I had a link to the website, but I deleated last week.

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It's my understanding that bio-diesel is a blend of diesel and recycled/reprocessed vegetable oil and that straight waste vegetable oil isn't exactly the same thing. Does this exemption also apply to individuals recyling WVO into their diesel automobiles, who pay no road-tax in the first place?

Happy Motoring, Mark

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Bio-diesel is anything from a 2% blend of dino diesel and pure bio-diesel called B2 to 100% bio called B100 and it is still called bio-diesel. In this part of the country bio-diesel is made from pure virgin soybean oil and not WVO.

Exemption is from federal road tax only and NOT state road tax and other various taxes.

Bio-diesel & WVO is looked at by feds as same as biodiesel as experemential fuel.

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oldnavy,
I've asked about this a few times, here on this diesel forum. Thank you for clarifying things.

Happy Motoring, Mark

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