Re: farm fuel in highway vehicles

Posted by jdemaris on June 20, 2007 at 13:18:23 from (66.218.17.184):

In Reply to: Re: farm fuel in highway vehicles posted by Matt from CT on June 20, 2007 at 12:21:48:

Seems to me the guy wasn't being too bright. First of all - why adversise you are doing it with bumper stickers? That is asking for trouble and bound to ruin a good thing for others. Second - he paid more for the soybean bio fuel than regular diesel to make a "green" statement? I bet it took more good-old-fashioned diesel fuel - to produce that "biofuel" than it would of if put directly into his Mercedes tank. Also, the Mercedes are not particularly efficient anyway - he'd get much better fuel mileage with an Isuzu powered car/truck or a Volkwagen of the same vintage. Many of the turbo 300D Mercedes diesels - early 80s only get around 26 MPG max. which is pretty bad for a small diesel car. My diesel Volkwagen Jettas and Chevettes both get 50 MPG highway.

The other issue I wonder about is the legality. I can understand the State fine if they have such laws or statutes in place. Some states allow untaxed home-fuel,and some do not. But Federal?? Unless something has changed recently, U.S. citizens have been allowed to use "home brew" fuel on a Federal level since the Jimmy Carter administration - up to a certain amount of gallons per year.

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• Re: farm fuel in highway vehicles T_Bone 13:58:03 06/20/07 (0)

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