BIO-BUSES * UK - Chip fat buses take to the road
A fleet of buses fuelled by chip fat is taking to the roads of Ayrshire in a trial green transport project - "I believe it's win-win for people who will be able to take their cooking oil along and have it turned into tickets"London,Scotland,UK -BBC News -26 Oct 2007: -- Stagecoach's Bio-Bus scheme also offers a 20p discount for passengers who bring along their used cooking oil... The scheme featuring the eight-strong fleet, which will run between Stewarton and Darvel, aims to cut harmful emissions by more than 80%... The initiative will run for the next six months and operators hope it could roll out nationwide. It is hoped the chip fat fuel will reduce emissions... For the first 10 minutes of the morning, the buses run on diesel until normal engine operating temperature is reached and then the system automatically switches over to bio-diesel, which powers the vehicles all day... (Picture right: Passengers on the route are being given containers to collect fat)
* Buses may run on sugar beet fuel
Berkshire ,UK -BBC News -27 October 2007: -- A fleet of buses in Berkshire looks set to be run on sugar beet fuel - in an attempt to cut carbon dioxide and other harmful emissions... Six million passengers who use the busy Tilehurst to Reading route each year could be travelling on 14 buses run on bio-ethanol from March 2008... The fuel, derived from a renewable source of sugar beet in East Anglia, proved successful during recent trials...
Berkshire ,UK -BBC News -27 October 2007: -- A fleet of buses in Berkshire looks set to be run on sugar beet fuel - in an attempt to cut carbon dioxide and other harmful emissions... Six million passengers who use the busy Tilehurst to Reading route each year could be travelling on 14 buses run on bio-ethanol from March 2008... The fuel, derived from a renewable source of sugar beet in East Anglia, proved successful during recent trials...
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