Party Vibe

excellent stuff!

there should be more of these places (why are there not more down south?)

the hold up was waiting for HM Revenue and Customs and Defra to come to a decision on permissible processes and blends.

it wasn’t just whitehall stalling though, there was a big problem with the “max power” types just wanting to evade taxation and using veg oil in unconverted/untuned vehicles which created more pollution – and worse still some haulage companies were “brewing their own” cheap “biodiesel” to reduce costs.

This lead to a horrendous incident where London Fire Brigade ended up helping close down an illegal and highly dangerous “fuel factory” in a residential area! – they had already created a slick of oil on the pavement and road (a safety hazard in itself) which led to the cops becoming suspicious.

LFB recovered several full 200 litre drums of dubious flammable liquid; it was a good thing this place was shut; it could have been a small-scale Buncefield in a highly populated area…..

so the authorities have tightened up on the acceptable processes (unfortunately the veg oil and wood turpentine recipe is no longer acceptable for road fuel) and introduced a “light touch” regulatory and monitoring scheme.

This is how the “club” works; by introducing it the garage has explained how to use the fuel correctly without causing extra pollution and how to modify an engine if required; and would also sort out the form which goes to HM R&C to show you are using this fuel (I think drivers get a certificate which can be produced to cops and other authorities should they be concerned over the fuel in use…)

indeed so; there is also a big problem with the Sumatran rainforest (the bit between Indonesia and Malaysia) being destroyed and replanted with palm trees to produce palm oil for biodiesel.

That said if the garages in Manchester and elsewhere are making use of waste oil from the fast food industry of Great Britain or oil-bearing seeds which can be grown here there shouldn’t be a problem ( a suggestion to green gold – perhaps you should explain this on your site?)

like it or not the only way biodiesel will work is also with demand reduction – i.e more sustainable use of motor vehicles and a reduction in non-essential travel…