Portland Oregon water bureau trucks running on B99
The water bureau in Portland, OR has been running their fleet of diesel-powered trucks on B20 biodiesel since August 2004. After doing more analysis and testing they began running their entire fleet on B99 on September 26. The water bureau uses about 100,000 gallons of diesel fuel annually and determined that switch would be almost cost neutral. They also hope to help spur more local production of biodiesel.
Portland's 84-vehicle fleet includes a wide variety of equipment like backhoes, dump trucks, graders, pickups and others. With this change the Portland has the largest diesel fleet in the United States running on B99. Some older vehicles will continue to run on B20 until they are replaced. In addition to the water department, all the rest of Portland's diesel vehicles - a total of 373 trucks, 166 pieces of construction equipment and 62 towed units (compressors, generators, etc.) - will continue run on B20. Altogether the city uses approximately 600,000 gallons of B20 a year.
[Source: Portland Water Bureau via GreenCarCongress]
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Terry Wagar 4:49PM (4/22/2009)
Eric Carlson and Joan Wagar, A,K,A, Doubleclick and Mrs Dash,( yes those are there nicknames they gave each other.) admitted to poisoning me while I was a plasma donor back in 2005.
Eric Carlson pedofied me behind prison walls and then framed me as a pedophile on march 26th 2007, I caught the crime on a audio recorder I put in Joan's purse.
there were people in authority helping them with this and nobody in authority will help they pretend nothing happened and refuse to investigate this.
Eric Carlson changed his hair color and his name to Gashel and Clackamas Walmart was hiding him from my Family by pretending He's someone else but this is not hidden, only ignored by the authority's and media
I'm disabled from being poisoned and the hospitals refuse to admit I'm poisoned.
My Family is in danger from these people and I have no other recourse but to make these charges public.
My name is Terry Wagar,Im from Portland Oregon and I'm backing up these charges.
I have been threatened with harassment charges by a Sargent Walker, She is a Portland Police officer stationed at the OHSU hospital, for the non crime of reporting a multi murder conspiracy within that hospital.
They dont give a s4!t Joan and Eric was poisoning a plasma donor!
And how many god damn John Ray's in authority are there in portland oregon!
You damn serial killer.
Where did Mrs Dash keep her stash? in A Garlic Salt Shaker!
What did Doubleclick do with his Dick? You Pedo!
Why you hiding A body double for Clackamas Walmart?
Cover this up Sgt Walker!
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2008/11/382778.shtml
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PDXBiodiesel 1:37PM (10/18/2006)
Additionally,
Starting in March of 2007 all of the garbage trucks in the city will run on B20.
http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_101606_news_garbage_fuel.450d8ae1.html
Also starting next year - all diesel fuel sold in the city will be B5.
http://www.portlandonline.com/osd/index.cfm?c=42843
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gsh 10:47AM (10/22/2006)
City of Roses has become greener than it's neighbor to the north Seattle. I am so happy to see city works convert to carbon neutral fuel. It shows they put their money where their mouth is.
GSH
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