The Hidden Cost Of Cheaper Oil.

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by finm, Aug 27, 2015.

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  1. received a letter to day from my oil recycling company. due to the decrees in the price of crude i will now be charged for taking my old filters and oil. and it aint cheep so gonna have to pass that charge on, always payed for tyres but now this. if you have been charged for environmental disposal before there was no need as it was free and depending how much you had they would pay for it.
    SO apart from the usual guff about the falling prices of oil, due to the amount of revenue gained from oil there must be other taxes on the horizon.
    Win or lose?
     
    #1 finm, Aug 27, 2015
  2. Interesting finm.One never knows about these things.As you point out,win or lose.
     
    #2 mervyn, Aug 27, 2015
  3. Just another tax.
     
    #3 idrinkbeer, Aug 27, 2015
  4. Just tip it down the drain, right or dump it over the border :Smuggrin:
     
    #4 Roadtrip, Aug 27, 2015
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  5. Take it out into the North Sea and tip it back down the hole it came out of ...
     
    #5 Pete1950, Aug 27, 2015
  6. apparently they turn it in to industrial heating oil
     
    #6 finm, Aug 27, 2015
  7. This is the thing with so called "green" initiatives.

    The Russians and Ukrainians have just been caught selling Carbon Offsets that were fraudulent, surprise surprise :rolleyes:
     
    #7 johnv, Aug 27, 2015
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  8. They paint their fences with it in some parts of Woking
     
    #8 Chris, Aug 27, 2015
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  9. We used to paint ours with creosote when I were a kid, it was like napalm if you got it on your skin.
     
    #9 Gingerdog, Aug 27, 2015
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  10. Add some diesel & make home made creosote.
     
    #10 GunZenBomZ, Aug 27, 2015
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  11. Oh yeh, green tax.
     
    #11 evoarrow, Aug 27, 2015
  12. #12 Vaio, Aug 27, 2015
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  13. Waste oil is full of nasty stuff, I'd rather not breath in the fumes from it thanks.
     
    #13 johnv, Aug 27, 2015
  14. Isn't there some way of filtering the worst of the carbon out and running it in a diesel like restaurants do with old cooking oil? Fin you are a resourceful chap I have every confidence in you :smile:
     
    #14 Chris, Aug 27, 2015
  15. think you need a license to burn waist oil. could be wrong tho.
     
    #15 finm, Aug 27, 2015
  16. Deffo and as said, don't think anyone has come up with a way to burn it in a diesel yet without mixing it with something have they?
     
    #16 Chris, Aug 27, 2015
  17. did the welsh not use to mix it with holiday cottages? burnt fine then.
     
    #17 finm, Aug 27, 2015
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  18. My local council tip takes it all for free still. Was only there last week.
    I'm guessing if you have loads though it might need a few of your mates to take some of the load.
     
    #18 1037sps, Aug 27, 2015
  19. Errr...... it has a flue. Works similar to regular oil boiler, only heat is either radiant or blown & no you don't need a licence. Only makes sense if you have a workshop and access to waste engine oil. It's for a workshop environment not a fecking country cottage....

    Thought it was a sensible suggestion....
     
    #19 Vaio, Aug 27, 2015
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  20. Council tips are not for Trade use, mine isn't anyway.
     
    #20 johnv, Aug 27, 2015
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