While governments around the world are encouraging the use of biofuels as a substitute for oil, the Israeli government has given up on encouraging biofuels in this country's transportation sector. In two weeks it will impose a tax on biodiesel fuels. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz signed an order yesterday slapping an excise tax of NIS 2.50 per liter on biodiesel, as of August 1.
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(The success of the biodiesel fuel industry relies heavily on biodiesel testing <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s32Ke2VzrqU>, not only at the production level but at the consumer level, where degraded fuel may cause engine failures. Of major concern to diesel and biodiesel users is the very real possibility that water has contaminated their fuel. (See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YcczdvPyAk). The potential catastrophic impact of this problem is discussed at length in this video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lh4qhXc_5s&feature=youtube_gdata.
Fleet Fuel's family of inexpensive biodiesel test kits is just a click away on the internet at:
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