Down By Law
After Bob Texeira converted his Benz to run on Wesson oil (or Mazola, canola, soy oil, you name it), he slapped a bumpersticker on the back to advertise the achievement: "Powered by 100 percent vegetable oil." Then the cops pulled him over. As Marketplace explains:
Texiera was breaking a number of obscure laws. First, he owed the state a $2,500 bond to run his car on vegetable oil. And he owed a thousand dollars for neglecting to pay monthly state road taxes normally levied on gasoline. Federal penalties were involved, too.
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Interestingly, Stan Bingham is a Republican. Good to see being green isn't exclusive to one party. Too bad the top of the political food chain doesn't follow.
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