NEWTON -- Semi-trucks roll across the scales here, but that traffic makes this biodiesel plant the exception rather than the rule.

This is an industry that has put on the brakes and is waiting at a congressional stoplight.

“In my 20 years in business, it’s the most frustrating thing I’ve ever seen,” says Jon Scharingson, director of sales for the Renewable Energy Group Inc. (REG), which operates the facility here.
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(The success of the biodiesel fuel industry relies heavily on biodiesel testing <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s32Ke2VzrqU>, not only at the production level but at the consumer level, where degraded fuel may cause engine failures.  Of major concern to diesel and biodiesel users is the very real possibility that water has contaminated their fuel. (See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YcczdvPyAk).  The potential catastrophic impact of this problem is discussed at length  in this video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lh4qhXc_5s&feature=youtube_gdata.
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