BIODIESEL HIGHLIGHTS
n Pump It Up with Biodiesel Fuel in WNC
Blue Ridge Biofuels now has a retail outlet in West Asheville for the public to fill up their clean-burning diesel vehicles with B99 and B100 biodiesel made from recycled cooking oil from local restaurants. Blue Ridge also has a biodiesel delivery truck. More.
n Gas Up with Biodiesel Fuel in Pittsboro
Worker- and member-owned cooperative Piedmont Biofuels supports the grassroots sustainability movement in North Carolina by using and promoting clean, renewable biofuels. More.
n Biodiesel Vehicles
New models now offered. More.
n IRS Updates Biodiesel Tax Incentive Forms
On October 22, 2005, President Bush signed the Jobs Bill to ensure a federal excise tax credit of one penny for every percent of biodiesel blended with petroleum diesel. More.
n Economic Feasibility Study
A detailed study centered on the viability of producing biodiesel fuel in Tennessee. More.
n Europeans Dig Diesels
Recent research shows that 47% of all luxury cars purchased in Europe are powered by diesel engines. More.
n London Taxis Invade U.S. with Diesels
Promoting the advantages of the diesel engine in a classic black London taxi that are now operating here. More.
n Save The Veggie Van
After its recent mission of helping Katrina victims, the van is in serious trouble and needs your help. More.
n OCTOBER 2005 QUOTE OF THE MONTH
“The use of vegetable oils for engine fuels may seem insignificant today. But such oils may become, in the course of time, as important as petroleum."
- Dr. Rudolf Diesel, 1912, Inventor of the diesel engine
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RUDOLF DIESEL
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