Beginning this month, Cincinnati (Ohio) Metro is fueling all of its buses with a B50 biodiesel blend (50% biodiesel). Metro intends to use the 50% blend in months when the average temperature is higher than 40º F (April to October) and switch back to a B20 blend in colder months.
According to this article Ohio is the sixth largest producer of soybeans in the nation. I wish metro transit systems in Detroit and its surrounding towns could take up like Cincinnati.
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November 25th, 2006 at 8:17 am
It’s about time, biodiesel and bio ethanol is the future, the less we depend on fossil oil and foreign countried the better it will be for all of us
November 13th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
How can I find the B50 blend for my TDI in the Cinci area? Is it available retail???