A Group in Melbourne have recently opened a Group in Yahoo - Melbourne Biodiesel.
I have joined that group and will support both groups.
I also posted the following message on that group:
Please toss this idea around and see what develops.
Tony
The Wizard of Oz.
I have joined that group and will support both groups.
I also posted the following message on that group:
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:36:46 -0000
From: "tony_from_west_oz" <tony.clark@arach.net.au>
Subject: Would we be better off having a single site for Oz Renewable Fuels?
Would we be better off having a single site for Oz Renewable Fuels,
owned by an Incoprporated Association, rather than by an individual.
Australia is a single country with six states and a few territories.
Taxation issues affect us all similarly.
There are other issues which affect us all, to a greater or lesser extent.
There are State Issues - Environmental Protection is one. There are
others.
There are regional issues which are more related to supply of Used
Cooking Oils and sources of chemicals.
There are Local Government issues, amongst others, relating to
permitted uses of the property.
Many people do not make biodiesel, preferring to use Used Cooking Oil
(UCO) as their fuel and making vehicle modifications to ensure
reliability of the vehicle when using this fuel.
Others may wish to use Ethanol, or Producer Gas as their fuel choice.
These lead me to believe that we need an Australian Site, with State
and Regional pages, so that everyone can contribute to the broader
issues, but still retain the local focus from which most of us have
developed our interests.
For each fuel type there could be a general page, added to as interest
increases in other renewable fuels.
This would give us a venue to air political discussions and arrange
group meetings to lobby for better treatment of users of these fuels
by the Government and ATO.
Keeping a low profile is one way of avoiding the taxman, but what
happens when they make Methanol a Declared substance (to stamp out
Meth Labs), requiring that all sales must be accompanied by a delivery
address and paid through bank transfer. Yes, there are ways & means
of seeking you out. There will be ways around this, but it will get
harder and harder to obtain, and penalties will increase.
We should stand up and be counted, make a difference, help make a
change in the laws, and be accepted as poneers and recognised as such.
Without us, the biodiesel industry would not even be at the fledgling
stage it has just grown to.
I seek your opinions to construct an open, considered debate on this
issue.
From: "tony_from_west_oz" <tony.clark@arach.net.au>
Subject: Would we be better off having a single site for Oz Renewable Fuels?
Would we be better off having a single site for Oz Renewable Fuels,
owned by an Incoprporated Association, rather than by an individual.
Australia is a single country with six states and a few territories.
Taxation issues affect us all similarly.
There are other issues which affect us all, to a greater or lesser extent.
There are State Issues - Environmental Protection is one. There are
others.
There are regional issues which are more related to supply of Used
Cooking Oils and sources of chemicals.
There are Local Government issues, amongst others, relating to
permitted uses of the property.
Many people do not make biodiesel, preferring to use Used Cooking Oil
(UCO) as their fuel and making vehicle modifications to ensure
reliability of the vehicle when using this fuel.
Others may wish to use Ethanol, or Producer Gas as their fuel choice.
These lead me to believe that we need an Australian Site, with State
and Regional pages, so that everyone can contribute to the broader
issues, but still retain the local focus from which most of us have
developed our interests.
For each fuel type there could be a general page, added to as interest
increases in other renewable fuels.
This would give us a venue to air political discussions and arrange
group meetings to lobby for better treatment of users of these fuels
by the Government and ATO.
Keeping a low profile is one way of avoiding the taxman, but what
happens when they make Methanol a Declared substance (to stamp out
Meth Labs), requiring that all sales must be accompanied by a delivery
address and paid through bank transfer. Yes, there are ways & means
of seeking you out. There will be ways around this, but it will get
harder and harder to obtain, and penalties will increase.
We should stand up and be counted, make a difference, help make a
change in the laws, and be accepted as poneers and recognised as such.
Without us, the biodiesel industry would not even be at the fledgling
stage it has just grown to.
I seek your opinions to construct an open, considered debate on this
issue.
Tony
The Wizard of Oz.
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