GreenNews - USA - City buses to use cleaner fuel
Some experts say less-polluting diesel could improve health
Rochester,NY,USA -Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, by Misty Edgecomb -August 12, 2006: -- Rochester's public buses will be switching to a new, less polluting diesel fuel formulation this fall... A vote taken by the Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority board of commissioners this week unanimously approved the switch to ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel... The change — which will affect all 225 public buses and the nearly 28,000 gallons of fuel they burn every week — should be complete by October, said Jacquie Halldow, director of communications for the authority... Standard diesel has 500 parts per million of sulfur, which serves as a lubricant but is responsible for pollutants that lead to acid rain, high ozone levels and smog. Ultra-low sulfur diesel can have no more than 15 ppm of sulfur...
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