So we need to educate both the public and the manufacturers.

The public will follow what they read/see/hear in the press ( bunch of sheep).

The press will only get involved if they can smell controversy or graft.

So we need to develop controversy. Long term project I guess but a small start could be to get around all the dealers, and I mean all the dealers and get their opinions on bio fuels. Go in to the dealership posing as a buyer and ask their opinion. Record the answers and if you are not happy with the salesmans response ask for the managers/owners opinion. Be tough and question the opinions. Rock the boat.

When you take your cars in for a service, talk to the workshop foreman ( the workshop manager is often not mechanically inclined, sitting behind his desk and punching numbers), again question his "experience", ask for proof.

This can happen right around the country and it does not matter if the same dealer sees half a dozen "buyers". The more the better.

This will show the total lack of knowledge that manufacturers have on biofuels yet they insist on restricting the blend to 5%. I wonder if there is anything in the Trade Practices act covering lack of knowledge about a product you are marketing?

This can be turned into a story that one of the TV magazine programmes may buy into. Or we might be able to get an article into one of the motoring mags.

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