Running a big rig on veggie oil
I have been researching veggie oil as fuel in diesels for years. Seems to have a few downsides and upsides but vegetable oil for fuel is actually what good ol' Rudolph Diesel had in mind for fuel when...
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NorthOrSouth wrote:mowermech wrote:
Keep in mind also that highway fuel is TAXED!
There have been people caught using vegetable oil without paying the road taxes, and it cost them a LOT of money!
Bear in mind I'm a Canadian :) A report out of one of our think tanks yesterday said that Canadians spend a whopping 42% of our gross income on taxes of one form or another while only spending 38% of it on food, clothing and shelter.
So to be frank, I could give a rat's ass whether the government collects MORE taxes off me. And I've talked to quite a few veggie oil drivers and none have even been stopped, let alone ticketed or charged. I don't think the average authority would even have an idea what veggie oil conversion IS leave alone consider it 'illegal'. Its just not that common here.
Bear in mind that you admit to driving through several of the United States, and you admit to wanting to deny them of their fuel taxes by using veggie oil. YES, some states DO check fuel tanks occasionally, looking for untaxed fuel, either veg or red dyed.
It HAS happened in the past, and it WILL happen again. Will it happen to YOU? Probably not, but you need to be aware of the possibility. How lucky do you feel?
