TEST RUN * Canada - Fredericton buses to use biofuel additive
Transit buses in Fredericton will soon include a spoonful of biofuel in their tanks with the aim of reducing emissions and fuel costs
Fredericton,NB,Canada -CBC New Brunswick -February 5, 2008: -- ... As a test run, the city added 15 millilitres of an additive derived from canola, mustard seed and ethanol to the 69-litre tanks of three buses in its fleet last year, said Coun. Tony Whalen... The additive, 4 Plus Premium Biodiesel, is made by New Brunswick-based Eastern Greenway Oils Inc... Six buses were used during the study from three different eras ranging from 1994 until 2006. Three of the vehicles used the additive and the other three didn't... According to, University of New Brunswick chemical engineer, Frank Collins' findings, the three-month study of buses using the additive recorded a 65 per cent reduction in carbon monoxide emissions when compared against the control buses. Two buses showed no appreciable change in fuel consumption while the third showed a 20 per cent increase in its fuel economy...
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