Fox Nation - nation.FoxNews.com by Matthew L Wald, New York Times (excerpts):  When the companies that supply motor fuels close the books on 2011, they will pay about 6.8 million in penalties to the Treasury, because they failed to mix a special type of biofuel into their gasoline and diesel as required by law; but there was none to be had.  Outside a handful of laboratories and workshops, the ingredient, cellulosic biofuel, does not exist.  In 2012, the oil companies expect to pay even higher penalties for failing to blend in the fuel, which is made from wood chips or the inedible parts of plants like corncobs.  Refiners were required to blend 6.6 million gallons into gasoline and diesel in 2011 and face a quota of 8.65 million gallons this year.  "It belies logic," Charles T Drevna, the president of the National Petrochemicals and Refiners Association, said of the 2011 quota; and raising the quota for 2012 when there is no production makes even less sense, he said.   

Commentary:  Can you believe this?  This is outrageous.  Next, they are going to turn on the little guy and demand the impossible too.  In fact, there are all sorts of fines and fees that just defy the imagination; they don't make any sense, but the American people just keep on paying, with their mouths shut, like the lambs to the slaughter.  I purchased a trailer for my son before he passed on in 2009.  I purchased it for his enjoyment, not mine.  I have no desire to use it and it just sits in the backyard gobbling up maintenance and DMV fees annually.  I figured maybe since it has never been used and I have no plans to use it, I might get out of paying the DMV fees - not a chance!  There is a notice IN LARGE PRINT on the bill from DMV which states, "THIS TRAILER MUST BE REGISTERED WHETHER OR NOT IT IS USED, OCCUPIED OR MOVED ..."  I suppose someone already tried that excuse.  I tried to sell it last year for near half the price I paid for it, but with the economy the way it is, I didn't get a buyer.  We are pinned in, folks, they have us fined and billed up one side and down the other.  My consolation is that if bread goes up to $500.00 a loaf, at least maybe I can hook up my trailer and head for the hills!  I'm not sure they'll be satisfied until they have us all in tents and trailers.  There are tent cities all across the nation right now (see videos of tent cities on the News Videos page of this site).  The Bible says, "God will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor" Psalms 72:4.  That day is coming!