by admin
January 19, 2009 @ 11:16 am
Bloomington, Minnesota Schools Close as Buses Choke on Biodiesel in the Cold
The Star Tribune (Minneapolis): Jan. 16 — All schools in the Bloomington School District will be closed today after state-required biodiesel fuel clogged in school buses Thursday morning and left dozens of students stranded in frigid weather, the district said late Thursday.
Rick Kaufman, the district’s spokesman, said elements in the biodiesel fuel that turn into a gel-like substance at temperatures below 10 degrees clogged about a dozen district buses…
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by GasMan
August 07, 2008 @ 1:44 pm
A former state official was sentenced to 40 months in jail Wednesday for agreeing to accept a $200,000 bribe in exchange for expediting the permitting process for a plant that was to be built by Raleigh-based Agri-Ethanol Products.
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by Marlow Lewis
January 09, 2007 @ 11:31 am
“The order could also usher in a new generation of alternative fuels in California, experts say, as refiners consider adding ethanol or other biofuels into gasoline blends. It could also mean a shift of part of the state’s auto fleet to hydrogen or electric power.”
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