Nuclear Power

Abookamongstthemany

angelica wrote:

It freaks me out, frankly! When I first started on this board, my2hands was my first friend! He and I agreed on most things! He even nominated me for poster of the year when I first started on the board!

So when I see his obvious shift, it's very weird!

Yeah, that's how it was for me, too. We were fast friends based on how much we agreed on the issues and backed one another up. Now I'm finding we hardly agree on anything lately. Times and people change sometimes, I guess...and not always in the direction we would have expected, it seems. Life goes on...hearts and thoughts they fade away.

he still stands

Abookamongstthemany wrote:

Times and people change sometimes, I guess...and not always in the direction we would have expected, it seems. Life goes on...hearts and thoughts they fade away.

And new friendships restart the cycle...

On the issue of alternative energy, I wrote "BioWillie" an email asking for a job a few weeks ago. Biodiesel isn't the "silver bullet" but no such thing exists at this time. I think working for Willie Nelson would have its perks... Plus I would feel better about myself selling soybean juice than I would selling debt, insurance, and extended warranties... I need to stop being so masochistic with my career choices.

Abookamongstthemany

he still stands wrote:

And new friendships restart the cycle...

Yes, they do.

he still stands wrote:

On the issue of alternative energy, I wrote "BioWillie" an email asking for a job a few weeks ago. Biodiesel isn't the "silver bullet" but no such thing exists at this time. I think working for Willie Nelson would have its perks... Plus I would feel better about myself selling soybean juice than I would selling debt, insurance, and extended warranties... I need to stop being so masochistic with my career choices.

Working with Willie would be the best! Talk about your laid back boss! ;)

angelica

Abookamongstthemany wrote:

...hearts and thoughts they fade away.

:( This makes me cry....and play the song............one of my very faves

he still stands wrote:

And new friendships restart the cycle...

and I still love my2hands.

El_Kabong

MattyJoe wrote:

Vegetable oil is much more expensive than gas, so it doesn't matter anyway. I'm not sure exactly what is meant by stockpiling a large amount?

EDIT: Forgot about the waste oil. That's a possibility, too I guess.

http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2007/03/01/news/local_news/1021491.txt


---According to the Wetzels, May told them during his Jan. 4 visit that they would have to pay taxes at either the gasoline rate of 19½ cents per gallon or the diesel rate of 21½ cents per gallon.

A retired research chemist and food plant manager, Wetzel produced records showing he has used 1,134.6 gallons of vegetable oil from 2002 to 2006. At the higher rate, the tax bill would come to $244.24.

"That averages out to $4.07 a month," Wetzel noted, adding he is willing to pay that bill.---


and this is only to illustrate how it's not more expensive as you claimed, you should read the whole article to answer your other questions about what you didn't understand...well, shit, here's that part, too

---A couple of weeks later, David Wetzel received another letter from the revenue department, stating that he "must immediately stop operating as a special fuel supplier and receiver until you receive special fuel supplier and receiver licenses."

This threatening letter stated that acting as a supplier and receiver without a license is a Class 3 felony. This class of felonies carries a penalty of up to five years in prison.

On the department of revenue's Web site, David Wetzel discovered that the definition of special fuel supplier includes someone who operates a plant with an "active bulk storage capacity of not less than 30,000 gallons." Wetzel also did not fit the definition of a receiver, described as a person who produces, distributes or transports fuel into the state. So Wetzel withdrew his application to become a supplier and receiver.

Mike Klemens, spokesman for the department of revenue, explained that Wetzel has to register as a supplier because the law states that is the only way he can pay motor fuel tax.

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you should still read the rest of the article

Rhinocerous Surprise

Abookamongstthemany wrote:

It's cute seeing how many issues you agree with the republicans on these days on the AMT.

It's like a feckin' echo chamber.

angelica

Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:

It's like a feckin' echo chamber.

Well said!!