NC Man Fined For Using Vegetable Oil As Fuel

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Posted by kdawson on Tuesday June 12, 2007 @11:55PM from the can't-believe-it's-not-butter dept.

mdsolar writes "The News and Observer reports on an Charlotte, NC driver who has been fined $1000 for not paying a fuel tax when he fills his tank with vegetable oil. Perhaps the funniest quote is this one: '"With the high cost of fuel right now, the department does recognize that a lot of people are looking for relief," said Reggie Little, assistant director of the motor fuel taxes division. "We're not here to hurt the small guy, we're just trying to make sure that the playing field is level."' Sure, since the field is so plainly tilted against Arab oil interests."

NC Man Fined For Using Vegetable Oil As Fuel

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Biodiesel (Score:5, Funny)

by narced ( 1078877 ) writes: on Tuesday June 12, 2007 @11:59PM (#19486487) Journal

Does anyone else get hungry when they smell biodiesel exhaust? Reminds me of McDonald's.

Thank God for South Carolina (Score:4, Funny)

by bdjacobson ( 1094909 ) writes: on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @12:00AM (#19486499)

Damn Yankees.

Re:Biodiesel (Score:5, Funny)

by dwater ( 72834 ) writes: on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @12:06AM (#19486563)

Yeah, makes me want to throw up a few hours later. Reminds me of McDonald's too.

Re:Biodiesel (Score:2, Funny)

by glittalogik ( 837604 ) writes: on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @12:10AM (#19486613)

That's probably why the Irish highway-patrol-equivalent force responsible for 'sniffing out' biofuel offenders was nicknamed The Frying Squad.

Re:Fair enough (Score:5, Funny)

by timmarhy ( 659436 ) writes: on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @12:17AM (#19486665)

"illegal for the government to charge more for a service (like vehicle registration) than it actually costs to provide the service"
You sir, amuse me.

Re:Fair enough (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @12:20AM (#19486717)

So you are saying you would not rat out a neighbor that runs one of his two cars on dead babies and the other one on powdered plutonium?

Incidentally, I am looking for a nice suburban house with a two-car garage...

Re:$1.2 BILLION!??!! What a crock! (Score:3, Funny)

by Dunbal ( 464142 ) writes: on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @12:37AM (#19486855)

People we are getting robbed blind here and punished anytime we try to make a decision for ourselves.

Welcome to the New World Order. Oh, and expect a visit from the police soon, dissenter. Don't worry, we'll make up the charges when we get there.

Re:So what? It's North Carolina... (Score:5, Funny)

by fyngyrz ( 762201 ) * writes: on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @12:38AM (#19486859) Homepage Journal

Time to get really nervous if you have to push your car...

Re:Arab Oil interests? (Score:5, Funny)

by whitehatlurker ( 867714 ) writes: on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @12:51AM (#19486979) Journal

No, no. That's not true. [mystic Jedi hand gesture] All your oil comes from the Middle East. [repeat gesture] There is no country called Canada.
These are not the oil-rich targets you're looking for.

Re:Regardless (Score:5, Funny)

by Original Replica ( 908688 ) writes: on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @01:05AM (#19487053) Journal

I hope he pays in pennies. Dumptrucked to the front steps of the courthouse.

Re:bad press for the state itself. (Score:2, Funny)

by Hal_Porter ( 817932 ) writes: on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @01:18AM (#19487143)

Fortunately, the options people have are a slight bit more subtle than that. There is a middle ground between apathy and packing up and moving out.

Yeah, armed insurgency is an option too.

Re:Hell hath NO fury (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @01:19AM (#19487145)

Well, they DO offer pretty good protection in exhange for their cut: firemen, police, courts, health inspections, traffic safety regulations etc. Just think what a shame it would be if some kind of an accident were to happen and you didn't have government to protect you!

Re:So what? It's North Carolina... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @01:24AM (#19487171)

Next /. headline, "NC Man charged fuel tax for pushing car through a drive-thru."

Re:Regardless (Score:2, Funny)

by Xero_One ( 803051 ) writes: on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @01:34AM (#19487231)

What if the judge makes him wait while they count it all?

Re:bad press for the state itself. (Score:5, Funny)

by ultranova ( 717540 ) writes: on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @02:36AM (#19487537)

Fortunately, the options people have are a slight bit more subtle than that. There is a middle ground between apathy and packing up and moving out.

Yeah, you could write a disapproving letter to the state government. That will show them !

Re:Regardless (Score:2, Funny)

by bjackson1 ( 953136 ) writes: on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @03:45AM (#19487861)

As long as the dumptruck ran on vegetable oil, I wouldn't have a problem with that.

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by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @04:04AM (#19487947)

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Re:So what? It's North Carolina... (Score:5, Funny)

by fractoid ( 1076465 ) writes: on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @04:26AM (#19488053) Homepage

If you want to sit I'll tax your seat
If you take a walk I'll tax your feet...

Re:What happens if you buy it from a gas station (Score:5, Funny)

by nomadic ( 141991 ) writes: <`nomadicworld' `at' `gmail.com'> on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @08:28AM (#19489463) Homepage

If one is street legal, fully taxed diesel; how does Johnny Law prove that this guy was running on the untaxed grease at the time of the arrest?

By the french fry smell.

Re:No, they'll tax your odometer (Score:5, Funny)

by Like2Byte ( 542992 ) writes: <Like2Byte@yah3.14159oo.com minus pi> on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @08:39AM (#19489569) Homepage

Eventually, we are all going to be driving cars that run on something other than gasoline.

The answer: YABBA DABBA DOOO!

Re:So what? It's North Carolina... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @09:18AM (#19489971)

If they tax the Sun, then we shall drive in the Shade...

Re:bad press for the state itself. (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Cow herd ( 2036 ) writes: on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @10:09AM (#19490595) Homepage

The biggest paper "The Charlotte Observer" doesn't carry this type of news.

Oh really? Better have them yank this [charlotte.com] then...

Re:Regardless (Score:5, Funny)

by Myrrh ( 53301 ) * writes: <redin575@gmailMONET.com minus painter> on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @10:30AM (#19490889)

...but only if the dump truck is running on WVO. The irony coup de grace.

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