Diesel Fuel and Taxes?

[Suomea]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ssgharkness020147:
I have never heard of this. It sounds to good to be true, to bad I'm paying 500.00 a month to fuel the beast. I REALLY REALLY wish I could use off road diesel. That stuff is 1.80 a gallon here right now. It wasnt that long ago I was bitching about paying 1.80 a gallon, now I'd give my left nut to only pay 1.80 vs. the 2.34 I am currently paying. As for using off road diesel on road, if (key word here) you were to get caught using that in a car or truck the fine is 1,000.00 PER gallon found in you're vehicle. 1,000.00 X 42 gallons = 42,000.00. Nah, I'd rather pay 500.00 a month in diesel then 42,000 in fines. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Ever considered running recycled vegetable oil? It's free, requires only minor modifications to the vehicle, and is better for your injector pump than most diesel you buy.

The biggest drawbacks? Losing some cargo space to the vegetable oil tank... This isn't an issue for me, as I removed my spare tire from under the truck, placed it on the rack, and installed a secondary extended range tank under the truck. Next drawback is having to go get the stuff from your favorite chinese restauarant.

I get mine from a friend's bar. I haul off the grease from the deep fryer in a 55 gallon drum, pump it into a second barrel in the garage, add biocide, let the particles settle, pump it thru a filter into another 55 gallon drum, let it settle some more, then pump it into a third barrel (filtering again of course) and Viola! Free diesel fuel.

The third drawback is this: having to explain it to everyone you meet. Once people notice that your exhaust fumes smell like french fries and you tell them why, you might have to take a few minutes to explain or demonstrate it.

It's great ammunition against the environmental wackos up at the college here in town... When they accuse you of murdering the earth with your Hummer (Land Cruiser in my case), you can say "my vehicle runs on recycled vegetable oil-- how about yours?"

Fred