Brilliant idea, as I have an interest in Biodiesel too I signed that petition too, I'm of the opinion that tax should be removed from biodiesel, afterall it's pretty close to renewable, whereas lpg which still comes from the ground and is adding to global warming has 20p less tax p/l ! Everyone should be signing thye red diesel petition though, without tax advantages for red diesel these boats will become even more expensive to run!

Bio diesel is a rip off!!Just use veg oil and inform vat man and pay the duty due.Its cheaper than bio! Well so iv been told

Cost of making biodiesel, assuming 20p per l for the used cooking oil is around 30p per litre, it's a direct substitute for petro-diesel, veg oil on it's own is too viscous to use and also gradually forms deposits on the injectors, tax on veg oil is the same as on biodiesel, they should both be abolished completley in my opinion! To sum it up veg oil isn't as good for the engine as veg oil and in winter is even worse since it needs pre heating to allow it to flow better, pros and cons to both, plenty of info on the net, which I'd definitley recomend reading, very interesting, if it has 0 tax on then all boat users would be happy cos they'd use it and environmentalist's would be happy since a good chunk of diesel used would be biodiesel, seems win win (oh other than the government, but still, if they're seen as green perhaps tax could be collected somehwere else?)

Sorry.....um.....WW2 boats, yes...not really relevant but perhaps how to fuel them is a consideration, considering red diesel could no longer be an option, looking at Christian's fuel consumption figures for some and HDML or MASB 32, around 25l per hour would be about right, 85p per litre means it'd cost £20 per hour in fuel alone to run these boats, biodiesel, at 60p per litre, including tax, even now begins to look alright, but maybe whilst red diesel is still available at around 1/2 of our 85p per l! Who knows!

 There is one way if you dont mind a bit of travelling.

 Most russian army truck engines are designed to run on petrol diesel mix but run on practically anything.

 Wrong fill ups happen all the time (including petrol station tanks) & the mixed fuel has to be disposed of as a hazardous chemical. Offer to take it away & most people will be glad to give it, petrol stations may pay you to remove.

 Theyre also pretty reliable as saddam buried his scud launchers in the desert & they still ran when needed, try doing that with a rolls royce eagle.

 Just one of many strange ideas that find their way to my inbox but this one may have a point as a guy in cambridge runs a gaz truck for free. Not tried it but going to look into. After all, cooking oil was laughed at until some bearded scientist admitted he'd been running a volvo diesel on it for two years.

 Of course if i'm wrong i prefer my hat medium rare

Up to last year I had been running my car on a bio diesel product manufactured by "Bio-Power UK". This was made from used cooking oil, but not in the usual way, no catalysts or nasty chemicals are used, really just cleaning, settling and adding a small amount of "something" to it to lower the viscosity.  The car ran fine on this fuel though he did recommend using part petro diesel if the engine had no fuel heater. I was quite happy with this and felt that I was doing a little towards the global warming problem and also using up a waste product, and, the necessary tax was paid, though I agree with Mark that the tax on it should be removed. I gather that other countries, I think Germany for instance, allow the use of cooking oil as car fuel without any tax, why can't we?

I stopped using the fuel when my supplier had health and then workshop  problems. He's still not sorted things out yet, but I'll be back using his fuel when he does.

Oh yes, I've signed the petition!

Hi all,

I got this this the other day thought I would pass it on

Wednesday 21st March 2007

 This is getting ridiculous! there are only 2 things i can think of that arent taxed, i wont mention them in case our good chancellor(wasnt hitler chancellor as well) is listening.

 Of the few surviving boats you have to wander how many will end up simply dumped because new owners are put off by running costs. know it wont count for 506, 102 ect.

 Somehow i can see all these boats smelling like chip shops as they fly past the fibreglass tubs.

 Europe, treaties....Cant we call harold wilson a traitor for signing up & get back to being British? Better not get started on Europe, it winds me up

Sorry but am, I the only one that thinks the Government of this Country is not

"of the people by the people for the people",

but rather of the people for the tony by the tony.

The Government a couple of years ago spent a lot of time and money producing a report that has rubbished our Maritime Heritage and the National collection of Historic Ships and has decided that it can be left to private owners and the National Lottery, which of course is being plundered for the olympic over spend during the next 6 years anyway.

It makes me so angry!!!!!