Alternative forms of energy (and the NC biofuel tax law)
Hi gang...
I did a bit of research on homebrew biodiesel (or waste vegetable oil (WVO) users) in the state a while back. I did this quiet a while ago, and was shocked that our state required a $2k bond just to cook up your own biofuel (or use WVO). Further, there was an archiac log of fuel used that you had to keep, along with a fine for non-compliance. I found the link where some guy near Charlotte was fined for using WVO without posting the bond or paying the tax.
It looks like the general assembly took care of this in '07, as they have removed the $2k bond and have given tax credits for biofuels. Good on our state for doing that. I'm feeling lazy and want to keep this from being too long right now, but if anyone wants the link just ask and I'll provide it.
I just thought I would share this if there are any out there thinking of making a few gallons of biodiesel (or using WVO), especially since I promised to earlier...
On to the main topic. What is there out there that can seriously take us off of oil? I've looked into most of the alternative forms of energy, and almost all have their drawbacks. Probably the most promising form that I see to date is compressed air vehicles. The question is this... does anyone else have reasonable knowledge of any form of alternative energy, and if you do could you share some of it in your spare time? I've done some Wiki-searches on most of them, but wikipedia only goes so far and is often biased. Thanks all... God bless
Joey
I did a bit of research on homebrew biodiesel (or waste vegetable oil (WVO) users) in the state a while back. I did this quiet a while ago, and was shocked that our state required a $2k bond just to cook up your own biofuel (or use WVO). Further, there was an archiac log of fuel used that you had to keep, along with a fine for non-compliance. I found the link where some guy near Charlotte was fined for using WVO without posting the bond or paying the tax.
It looks like the general assembly took care of this in '07, as they have removed the $2k bond and have given tax credits for biofuels. Good on our state for doing that. I'm feeling lazy and want to keep this from being too long right now, but if anyone wants the link just ask and I'll provide it.
I just thought I would share this if there are any out there thinking of making a few gallons of biodiesel (or using WVO), especially since I promised to earlier...
On to the main topic. What is there out there that can seriously take us off of oil? I've looked into most of the alternative forms of energy, and almost all have their drawbacks. Probably the most promising form that I see to date is compressed air vehicles. The question is this... does anyone else have reasonable knowledge of any form of alternative energy, and if you do could you share some of it in your spare time? I've done some Wiki-searches on most of them, but wikipedia only goes so far and is often biased. Thanks all... God bless
Joey
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Permalink Reply by Don Thomas on -
Joey,
I was recently in India. While there I was surfing the TV channel offering in my room and came across a story on a fellow in Austria, as I recall, that had begun a bio-fuel operation. He saw that there was a need to dispose of cooking oil so he began to investigate ways of recycling and came across a bio-fuel generator. I came up with the capital and bought one. He was soon in the business of converting used cooking oil into bio-diesel. From here the story got very interesting.
He soon found that the bio-diesel generator would take most any kind of organic material. He now takes table scraps from the same restaurants that provide his used cooking oil. Soon he expanded into using the stale foods and produce from the restaurants and grocery stores.. He continues to find sources of organic materials that would otherwise end up on a garbage heap somewhere.
The bottom line is that his business is thriving.
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