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Wayne, I've been meaning to ask the Edison guys about bio, especially the mechanics. They've been using pure bio for the past decade, so I figure they'd make for good references. Haven't been to any of the edison spots lately though. As far as taxing bio per barrel, might be, might not be. There's this arguement that little cars are becoming more and more common on the highways every day, especially with the higher fuel prices, and then the arguement is that they don't use as much fuel or make as many stops at the pump, so tax revenues are down, so taxes must go up somewhere else... Oddly enough, the same politicians that make that argument also say that fuel consumption is at an all time high. ??? I guess that I must've missed something there, what with both contradicting arguments coming out of the same mouths. Go figure. Anyway, in the national news sometime back was the announcement that the State of Oregon is/was considering putting GPS devices on vehicals so that they can calculate everyone's travels so that they can tax everyone the same for road maintenance by tracking milage (even off road). Kind of blows a hole in the governments argument that smaller cars are not only more fuel efficient, but their lighter weight causes less wear and tear on the roads. If that's true, then why bill a Yugo owner the same as a Hummer owner? Anyway, at least 3 other states are looking at the possibility of doing the same, and so are the feds. "Onstar" on your car, just about all manufacturers offering something similar? Aint looking good, those factory GPS's are in fact GPS's transmitting a signal even if you choose not to renew your subscription after the initial year expires. You know what they say about the highway to hell being paved with good intentions...along comes a politician to muck it up, so disconnect your Onstar. Funny thing about politicians, we keep electing them over and over and never learn our lessons. Mark
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