North Carolina - Anti Recycling, Anti Green, Anti Self-Sufficiency!

It appears that the great state of North Carolina has declared war upon those of us who are trying to become more self sufficient, less dependent upon foreign oil, and cleaning up the environment.

I spoke to Patty Thompson, and indeed, they (NC) have decided to classify both homemade biodiesel and recycled wvo as taxable fuels even if made at home for home use. When pressed on the issue of enforcement, she could only say that an investigator may stop by and check your "records" of production and usage. When I asked her how one would enforce record keeping (especially waste vegetable oil), she seemed confused, and offered to have their investigator call me. I left my contact info and encouraged her to do so. I heard nothing from them, and can only conclude they are too busy making sure Billy Bob isn't making his own fuel in his garage. This really seems like a clueless administration thing, and unless you are business, or advertising the fact you are running clean fuels, it's easily avoided.

We had a tea party over such shenanigans over 200 years ago, but some folks never learn.

Robert Murphy - IRS - Excise Tax Specialist - 803 - 981 - 6869
Patty Thompson - Motor Fuels Division - N.C. Dept. of Rev. 919 - 715 - 3753