Hi Simon,

I agree with what you are saying and should have said that I felt the main focus should be on the public initially. I think both ends of the equation certainly need to be addressed. My thoughts are that given that this will be quite some undertaking for any group here (not that there is anyone very big who are interested if any organised group at all) it would probably be better to concerntrate first on pulling in some advocates so they had a a stronger base and support from the public when they really started hitting Big Business and the government.
I think until the powers that be see the NEED from the public to address the situation, nothing is going to change.

With the demosntrated complacency and lip service the govt. is giving renewable fuels here, getting them and the car manufacturers to change their polices is going to take the leadership of a very experienced, dedicated and talented person indeed to rally enough support and bring enough pressure to bear.

As for the fuel producers and retailers here, I think they are limited to a number of small players scattered around all serving relatively local areas. As far as I am aware, the big national ( international) companies here are not offering anything in the way of bio fuels with the possible exception of some B5 they may not even be revealing the Bio component of anyway.

The most prominent player with bio blend in Sydney is a company called VP Fuels who have established a strong reputation as selling all sorts of suspect crap and single handedly doing more to damage the perception and reputation of bio fuels than anyone else could if they were paid.