Dana:
good points, but
i would not assume the government will not mess with the little guy,
case in point
Guns:
25 years ago you could not legally own a fully auto m1 garand, but
you could by all the parts to make convert one yourself, just not all parts from the same dealer.
if a dealer sold all the parts he was in violation, but he could sell one part, another guy another part
and i could buy all the parts to convert one, legally
but i still could not legally own one!
(the laws may have changed for this by now i don't know)
today while it is legal to import, sell, and buy parts to build a lister
it is no longer legal to overhaul , construct or reconstruct a listeroid
will they inforce this law in respect to the little guy? who know's i doubt it.
but tomorrow who know's, it is certainly plausible that the new crew in power (congress)
could pump a bunch more money into the epa coffers to aid in inforcement.
we all know government likes to get bigger, and the dem's are noted for bigger government historically.
what i also know is the government likes education, and i cannot believe that the courts would allow precedence (sp)
and allow the government to attack a school no matter what type of school it is. (sort of a slippery slope thing)
my feeling is we as a people must be proactive, or little by little our rights will be taken.
now what i have been suggesting is not circumventing the epa reg's but rather playing their game
straight up. if they allow exemption for educational purposes, then perhaps they should be taken up on it.
the epa certainly is not in any postion to determine the legitamacy of a school, there are other beauracracies for that.
so if you follow the epa exemption, follow the beauracracy rules governing schools, then if they were to object they have to change the law, either with "what is a school" which they have not say in. or they have to go back and rewrite the epa reg's and remove the exemption, which in effect limits the right of a school to do valid research.
they have put us in a catch 22 so to speak, why not exploit the law's to return the favor and lock them into a catch 22 as well?
if i as an individual took on this task, what is the worst they could do to me? not a damn thing apart from perhaps changing the law and confiscating the engine. if i followed the hoops, and found the loop holes and was in compliance they could not fine me or find me guilty of anything. as long as...
i kept careful research record, pictures, documentation of ongoing experimentation (as most are doing anyway right now), they would be hard pressed to prove i am simply just a user of some dirty,pollution spewing engine that the law was written to get rid of.
i could also contact a village in africa, establish some ongoing communication with research results to further their ability to get dependable power where none existed before, we know of at least one university that is doing just that!
the worst that could happen is they prove that you are not running a school or test facility, and pull your exemtion, and scrap your engine.
or i guess they can get Janet Reno to come back and ok shooting may ass.
bob g