[OFB Cafe] Bio Fuels

[Derek Broughton]

On July 19, 2008 19:40:41 Chris Olson wrote:
> They got another fiasco going too - people used to make biodiesel out of
> used restaurant grease.  They passed a law on that deal classifying
> restaurant grease as hazardous waste, along with all the requirements for
> record keeping and handling - all to collect the tax on biodiesel made from
> it.  Restaurant grease is no more hazardous to the environment than me
> taking a piss in the back yard.

Well, it's not strictly hazardous, I'll grant, but it's bad for the sewage 
treatment plants, so I can see some validity in giving it a classification 
that prevents you putting it into the sewage system.

A cynical person might suggest that this is all because y'all elected oil men 
to run the country...
-- 
derek