Fwd: [biofuels4oregon] Fw: Man Fined For Using Vegetable Oil As Fuel

Hmmmmm.  What timing.

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> From: "Mike Cook" <[email protected]>
> Date: June 13, 2007 2:38:32 PM PDT
> To: "BioFuels Network" <[email protected]>
> Subject: [biofuels4oregon] Fw: Man Fined For Using Vegetable Oil As  
> Fuel
>
> Here's a story for you.
>
> Mike Cook
> Desk: 503-368-7391, cell: 503-706-7390
>
> Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer
> Bob Teixeira decided it was time to take a stand against U.S.  
> dependence on foreign oil.
>
> So last fall the Charlotte musician and guitar instructor spent  
> $1,200 to convert his 1981 diesel Mercedes to run on vegetable oil.  
> He bought soybean oil in 5-gallon jugs at Costco, spending about 30  
> percent more than diesel would cost.
>
> His reward, from a state that heavily promotes alternative fuels: a  
> $1,000 fine last month for not paying motor fuel taxes. He has been  
> told to expect another $1,000 fine from the federal government.
>
>
> http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/599471.html
>