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Bloom is off the biodiesel rose: Berkeley says "no" to soy biofuel

Often in the lead in progressive causes, the City of Berkeley started using biodiesel in more than 100 city vehicles six years ago. For a while, the biofuel came from recycled waste grease and everyone was happy. The source shifted to crop soybeans when not enough grease could be found but, due to new concerns about growing crops for fuel, the city has now decided that enough is enough. The City Council took delivery of its last shipment of biodiesel made from soy last month and will discuss formalizing its biodiesel policy this fall, taking ... Read more →

Glenn Beck forgets to keep mouth shut on issues he's wrong about, like biodiesel Sebastian Blanco

What's more exciting, the news that school buses in Minnesota were stalled, and that schools had to shut down, because of biodiesel and way too cold temperatures, or the reality that it wasn't the ...

School buses in Minnesota were not stalled because of biodiesel Sebastian Blanco

. Diesel engines have a hard time operating in the cold, whether biodiesel is involved or not. Apparently, it was this boring old truth that messed with those school buses in Minnesota recently. ...

Public bus fleet announces reduction in biodiesel blend Xavier Navarro

The company that manages the company that manages the urban buses in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country, Spain), Tuvisa, has announced a reduction on the percentage of biodiesel used in the ...

Madrid to use B40 in bus fleet Xavier Navarro

The Autonomous Region of Madrid (Spain) has bought a new set of public buses to expand their network. The region currently uses B10 on a 21.5 percent of its fleet but this new set of buses are ...

School kids get day off as cold weather clogs biodiesel in busses 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

School buses in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and St. Louis were sidelined Monday when the biodiesel may have clogged up fuel lines. About 25 percent of the buses in Fort Wayne area were affected. Officials say they run on B20, which is a mix of 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent premium diesel fuel. The ...

100,000-mile B20 bus road tests: biodiesel increases operating costs slightly, reduces emissions 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has completed testing of diesel and biodiesel on nine buses in a Boulder, Colorado project. The buses each racked up over 100,000 miles along the 16-mile "Skip" route in the city. Five buses ran on B20, the other four on standard petroleum diesel. NREL used ...

UK government suggests to community groups that Every Action Counts 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

My favorite government greener living tip is still the top item in the Australian Government's Green Vehicle Guide: "Minimise [sic] your vehicle use". The government in the UK launched a new program yesterday with some just-as-simple tips for community groups to get in on the green act. The new ...


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