School Buses Running B20
22 August 2004
Herald Sun. The fleet of 120 school buses in Chatham County, NC, is running on B20 (80% petroleum diesel, 20% biodiesel.)
“We’re excited to be part of an early initiative on this,” [Beth Snider, spokeswoman for the Chatham schools] said. “We always want to do anything we can to help improve the environment.”
Funding comes from a $25,000 grant from Triangle Clean Cities, a coalition advocating alternative fuel vehicles as a way to improve the environment and a matching grant from the Department of Public Instruction. The biodiesel comes from Pittsboro-based Piedmont Biofuels, a coop which also happens to be the source of the Energy Blog. The blog provides insight into the process—and some of the politics—of building a biofuels supplier.
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