Quote Originally Posted by denuseri View Post
They would do better to promote the proliferation of bio-diesel.
Alas, not the easy option it seems. Far too much bio-diesel is made from palm oil grown on rainforest land, with appalling environmental consequences, to say nothing of the devastation and, in some cases, extinction of indigenous tribes.

I'm lucky enough to have a factory down the road that makes biodiesel from waste cooking oil, so I can drive with a clear conscience. (And save a pound a gallon over the price of rock-oil - a rare case of virtue rewarded.) But I'm well aware that I only have that option because most people don't have the brains to use it: they're already sold out half the time, and if it catches on in a big way, they'll only be able to supply their industrial customers.