Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

With respect, I think we have all read that. It does not seem to satisfy the waste oil producers, who, as you would understand, need to travel long distances to collect this oil. Their margins are very narrow. The rate at which they can sell the re-refined or cleaned-up oil is at the present time only slightly cheaper than, as you call it, conventional petrodiesel. What is to stop what they say will happen—that is, because diesel is effectively 18c a litre cheaper than it was, what is to stop greenhouses and other users from proceeding with diesel instead of recycled waste oil?