by J.D. Heyes, NaturalNews

It seems almost too absurd to be true, but in the land of leviathan government, where the layers of bureaucracy are so intertwined it is impossible to navigate them, comes the revelation that the U.S. government has now taken to fining companies for not using a required product that doesn’t even exist.

In 2011scores of oil companies had to pay a total of $6.8 million in finesbecause they didn’t mix a special type of biofuel into their gasoline and diesel fuels. It wasn’t that the companies weretryingto escape the requirement; it’s just that, outside of a few labs and workshops, the product – cellulosic biofuel – is a myth.

The substance is made from wood chips and inedible parts of corn cobs. The government, in its infinite wisdom, required oil refineries to blend in 6.6 million gallons of cellulosic biofuel into gasoline and diesel fuel last year, and 8.65 million gallonsthisyear. But since there is no cellulosic biofuel to be had, oil companies can expect to have to pay more in fines in 2012.

And you wonder why,despite falling demand, you are still paying three bucks a gallon for gas (and more for diesel).

Learn more:http://www.naturalnews.com/034732_biofuel_refineries_bureaucracy.html#ixzz1kb63eghe

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