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fabmandelux 04-20-2007 05:48 PM

Good News from Oregon
 
http://www.portlandonline.com/water/...37469&a=154069

monsterbaby 04-20-2007 06:17 PM

wow thats cool, glad to hear it, wish more cities would start that, I do know iowa of coarse pushes using E85 in the states gas powered vehicles but I am not sure on the diesel vehicles although they are pushing renewable fuels and pushing to make this state energy independent, or at least energy neutral

Murphy2000 04-20-2007 06:22 PM

Sweet!!!!!

Yellow stone national park has been using biodiesel for over 10 years!!!

fabmandelux 04-20-2007 06:37 PM

The City of Portland also passed a law that all commercial diesels use at least B-5, and the state has a fleet of E-85 cars that is growing fast.

Murphy2000 04-21-2007 11:45 AM


Originally Posted by fabmandelux
The City of Portland also passed a law that all commercial diesels use at least B-5, and the state has a fleet of E-85 cars that is growing fast.

I'm actually surprised that more cities have not done that..

If every city used just 10% biofuel, we might actually see a small effect on the over all fuel industry..

Ok.. maybe not.. but it would be a big a$$ step in the right direction..

monsterbaby 04-21-2007 12:19 PM

if they went to mandating 2% biodiesel for all on road use nationwide, class 8 trucks alone would save 1,460,000,000 approx. gallons per year of dino fuel, that doesn't include the class 7 and smaller commercial vehicles or the light duty private vehicles or motor homes that use diesel. no imagine if it was the same as ethonal at 10%

Edit to add, that is actually an old number based on fuel usage by class 8 trucks a few years ago I think the current number is actually 50%+ higher.


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