"Minnesota has passed a law requiring that all diesel fuel in the state contain 2 percent biodiesel by 2005. Similar legislation was introduced in Ohio last September. And provisions in the energy bill, currently being hotly debated in the Senate, would give a tax break for biodiesel."
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"Biodiesel reduces carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and particulate-matter emissions between 10 percent and 20 percent compared with conventional diesel. It essentially eliminates exhaust emissions of sulfur oxides and sulfates, which are major components of acid rain."
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"Biodiesel is not only healthier, but it also, curiously, smells better. According to many who've worked with the fuel, biodiesel exhaust smells a bit like french fries or fresh popcorn -- a vast improvement over the usual noxious fumes that spew from most diesel engines."
2004/02/11
Wired on Biodiesel
Wired News has a new article about biodiesel, discussing how (among other things) a Minnesota county plans to operate its entire diesel-powered fleet on 5% biodiesel, after two years of testing with its snowplows. It gets better though:
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