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But Oregon needs more money to pay for all those gorest fires. To heck with rewarding fuel efficiency. In England, diesel drivers started saving money by using cooking oil. Rather than spend $5 a gallon, it went down to $2.50 a gallon. But the government didn't like that alternate fuel idea. So it is now a crime that will send you to prison in England to run your car off of cooking oil.

Maybe Oregon can add a bicicyle mileage tax as well. It causes more carbon dioxide, after all, to ride a bike. And then they can use the location system to catch speeders, dead beat dads, etc.

> gorest fires

Didja mean to type it that way?

> So it is now a crime that will send you to prison in England to run your car off of cooking oil.

Well I don't know about other states, but in Oregon it's also a crime to use untaxed fuel on the highway.
The commercially available diesel that is untaxed (for off-road use) is colored red and truck tanks are checked. The law applies to auto use as well, but is not monitored so much there. Still, not paying fuel tax is a crime.

Matter of fact, Oregon realized early on that hybrids and electrics would use less or no liquid fuel, so the annual registration fee is double for them. Seems a disincentive to cutting oil use, pollution, and all that, as the government preaches we should do. But it goes right along with using the multibillion dollar tobacco settlement fund to help folks to quit smoking. Didn't happen, and it won't.

> Maybe Oregon can add a bicicyle mileage tax as well. It causes more carbon dioxide, after all, to ride a bike. And then they can use the location system to catch speeders, dead beat dads, etc.

You know, if a significant portion of the population relied on bicycles or public transportation, deadbeat dads would already be barred from their use, as would school aged kids who get bad grades.

Dave in Eugene