Switching - USA - Across the nation from straight diesel to a biodiesel mixture
USA - New Energy Report -5 Nov 2005: -- Biodiesel use has been growing since 1992 when Congress passed the Energy Policy Act in a move to reduce the nation's dependency on foreign oil... It is estimated that usage will surpass 50 million gallons this year, said Amber Pearson with the Missouri-based National Biodiesel Board... About 100 systems nationwide have made the switch, "and that number is growing all the time" ... "The good part of that is we've displaced 600,000 gallons of petroleum fuel," said Giordano... While county and school officials say they haven't noticed any appreciable increase in miles-per-gallon, they all say biodiesel doesn't require expensive modifications to their diesel engine buses... Also, the fuel produces less emissions and is healthier for the 24 million schoolchildren who ride buses daily... And, perhaps, more importantly, recent petroleum price increases _ coupled with state and federal incentives _ now makes biodiesel an economical choice... The EPA announced a $7.5 million grant program over the summer to help school systems reduce emissions from their older buses through replacing engines or switching to alternative fuels...
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