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School buses in Minnesota were not stalled because of biodiesel

. 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. Early reports stated that the small percentage of biodiesel (B2) mixed into the fuel was causing the buses to not run and, therefore, schools to close. The National Biodiesel Board has issued a statement that says that biodiesel had nothing to do the mess. Instead, an independent study confirmed that something in the petroleum diesel fuel caused the ... Read more →

Michigan students power buses with veggie oil Jeremy Korzeniewski

It's no secret to the majority of our readers that it is possible to run many older diesel engines on nothing more than straight vegetable oil. In fact, the first diesel engine, invented by Rudolph ...

School buses causing too much pollution? Jeremy Korzeniewski

Stephan Wilkinson at The Truth About Cars has noticed that school buses in his neighborhood seem to all leave at the same time, carrying only a few kids each. Additionally, they idle for long periods ...

Napa School District gets first PHEV school bus Sam Abuelsamid

Last week the Napa Unified School District in California received its first plug-in hybrid school bus. The bus was built by IC Corporation which is a subsidiary of Navistar and a major producer of ...

What to do with old non-hybrid buses that are replaced? How about we turn them into bakeries? Jeremy Korzeniewski

In an article which discusses an invention that could be described as thrifty, useful or just crazy, depending on your point of view, Forbes highlights Jewish Rabbi Aaron Winternitz's conversion of ...

First buses arrive as part of the Plug-In Hybrid Electric School Bus Project 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Two of the first 19 hybrid school buses have just been delivered to Manatee County, Florida as part of the Plug-In Hybrid Electric School Bus Project. Designed to test the viability of the new buses, a hybrid and a control bus will travel the same route, alternating every two weeks, for a period of ...

California schools looking for cash to buy CNG hybrid buses 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A group of California school districts are getting together to try and get a grant from PG&E, the California Air Resources Board and other groups for the purchase of some new school buses. The Madera, Clovis, Kings Canyon, Visalia, and Fresno districts want to acquire a fleet of compressed ...

School bus idling project gets $15,000 EPA grant 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

School buses idle for thousands of hours a year, spewing diesel fumes into schoolyards across the country. But a project called Improving Kids' Environment (IKE) based in Indianapolis, Ind. is working to educate school officials on how the practice affects students with their "Smart Schools Don't ...

School bus conversions cover biofuels 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

If running even the biggest SUV or farm tractor on biofuel isn't a large enough vehicle for you, then perhaps you'd be interested in converting an old school bus to use biodiesel. If so, there is a Yahoo! group you'll want to check out: the Skoolie Conversions group. This group isn't dedicated ...

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