Re: OT: Cheaper fuel

"Kendall K. Down" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Kyril Jenner" <kyril@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There is the small matter of being required by law in those circumstances
to
pay the relevant amount of fuel duty to the Treasury.

That is a legal requirement, yes. Each to his own conscience, I say.

However if anyone is thinking of trying this, it is not a good idea to buy
40 litres of sunflower oil every week from the same supermarket,
especially
if you use your credit card and/or loyalty card. That way danger lies.

With bio-diesel the more you use the
more carbon you take out of the atmosphere.

Er - isn't it that you are merely recycling carbon instead of adding it?


The plants take carbon from the atmosphere. Some goes into the oil
produced, some stays in the plant mass. So with bio-diesel the more you
use the more carbon you take out of the atmosphere.

It is another question as to whether we can grow enough suitable plants in
UK to provide for our oil needs, but the attempt would at least give a major
boost to agriculture.

Archimandrite Kyril Jenner
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