Frying squad foils cooking oil car scam

The Guardian (UK) ^ | 10/09/2002 | Martin Wainwright

[lsee]

under the bonnet...gotta love that language.

[joesnuffy]

How many gallons a day do McDonalds and Hardees throw away?...A bus that smells like french fries doesnt really seem so bad all things being equal.

[RandomUserName]

“By law, all cars on public roads must pay a tax on the fuel they use."

So what about electric cars? Can they "fill up" at home, without paying the tax, or do they have special "electric car electricity" that costs more?

When taxes create an artifically rediculously high price for a commodity, consumers will get around the price.

[Phantom Lord]

“By law, all cars on public roads must pay a tax on the fuel they use."

They did pay tax on the fuel. The excessive sales taxes that are charged in GB.

[Constitution Day]

>>>How many gallons a day do McDonalds and Hardees throw away?...<<<

If I'm not mistaken, it's recycled somehow, not discarded.

[Revelation 911]

If I'm not mistaken, it's recycled somehow, not discarded.

......into mcnuggets & special sauce

[Free the USA]

fyi

[billbears]

Yuck!! Thanks. Will never be eating at McD's again

[blackdog]

In Wisconsin.....Diesel is taxed as follows.....26 cents state fuel tax, .26 cents federal tax, 03 cents environmental tax, 10 cents sales tax. That is nuts!

How about this one.....Filling up your airplane is a doozy. When fueling up your airplane, avgas is thick with those same "highway taxes" as cars. Airplanes don't exact a lot of wear and tear on the highways. You can file to get your highway portions back at tax time though. It costs me $300.00 to fill my tanks. About $100 of that is highway use taxes. Jet A costs about a buck a gallon but is not dyed for highway use if you get caught. It is cleaner than highway diesel, and you can get it with Prist which is a biocide which is nice for tank and fuel line cleanliness. If you have any avaiation buddy's, it is a good buy. I get most of mine by using the fuel from drained tanks from maintenance jobs. Fuel drained from tanks cannot legally put back into bulk tanks for resale. Draining a King Air or Hawker or Falcon into some 55 gallon drums can keep you rolling quite some time. Those planes need to be empty weighed for weight and balance purposes on a regular basis too.

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

I didn't know about aviation fuel. Down here, red diesel is used by farmers (costs about the same as your jet a). It is illegal to use it in a non-farm vehicle.  However, if you own an incorporated farm, I believe that you might be able to use red diesel on pickups you own for farm work.

You say that Jet A is not dyed.  If my understanding is correct, then it can be used legally in cars.  If this is true, I'm going to have to switch to diesel and see if I can't get some jet a.

[SpinyNorman]

Once again proving without a doubt that the high taxes are not to encourage conservation of fuel, but just to perform cash extractions on their citizens. Can we be far behind?

While Asda limited cooking oil sales per customer, an AA spokeswoman said fry-driving “could severely damage your vehicle.

A complete crock, particularly in comparison to the aldulterated EPA Diesel fuel they sell now. BioDiesel is cheap to make, and returns the lubricity lost from low sulfur fuels (actually exceeds non EPA Diesel fuel). It is probably a lot cheaper than the additives we put in the tank to achieve the same thing now.

The Europeans have to wake up sometime.

[Constitution Day]

I can't remember the last time I ate at McD's... it's gross.

[john in missouri]

They did pay tax on the fuel. The excessive sales taxes that are charged in GB.

You don't get it. In Britain, every single last damn gallon of gasoline has about $3 of tax added on to the normal price, making it about 4.50 a gallon or so.

Now how many gallons of fuel do you put in your car on an average fill-up?

[Hang'emAll]

“By law, all cars on public roads must pay a tax on the fuel they use. Evasion carries a maximum seven-year jail term.”..........

I'm glad to see that the Boston Tea Party is completely forgotten by the British rulers.

[William McKinley]

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[Paradox]

Haha! This is funny! If the Eurowhineans didn't tax their citizenry half to death, then this wouldn't happen. Hell, here, a litre of gasoline is cheaper than a litre of Coca Cola...

[2timothy3.16]

How about home heating oil?????

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Commercial jet fuel (Jet with Additive) is a kin of kerosine. It won't burn in a gasoline engine but will do OK in a diesel, but because of its light gravity, will provide less power than N2FO.
Aviation gasoline (100 LL) will destroy the catalytic converter on your car because it contains lead. It will not provide more power because its designed to ignite in a high compression engine.

[from occupied ga]

Now here is a crime that the police can really crack down on!!! Imagine the boldness of the criminals using untaxed oil in their diesel cars. Much more serious than home invasion robbery or muggings (which I believe are at an alltime high in England these days) THIS CRIME THREATENS TO REDUCE THE GOVERNMENT'S REVENUE!

Again anyone think that "The police are on our side?"