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Article: PUMPED UP ABOUT CLEANER FUEL MORE DRIVERS ARE LEARNING ABOUT ALTERNATIVE BIODIESEL.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- February 18, 2005
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Byline: KRISTIN DIZONP-I reporter
Biodiesel is all around us - in our ferries, buses, garbage trucks, passenger cars, tractors, Army trucks, sailboats and more - yet surveys show that only one in four people knows about this alternative, non-toxic fuel made from vegetable oil.
But biodiesel is poised for liftoff, and more people are discovering its benefits. About 30 million gallons of biodiesel was produced and used in the United States last year - a sixfold increase in just five years.
The fuel runs in diesel engines but emits 78 percent less carbon dioxide, nearly 50 percent fewer particulates and 80 percent to 90 percent less of ...