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Article: Biodiesel a delicious-smelling new fuel
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- Winnipeg Free Press
- Article date:
- January 26, 2007
CopyrightCopyright F.P. Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership Jan 26, 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Auto Tech / Jim Kerr
YUMM. It was close to suppertime and the smell of french fries was in the air. But where was that smell coming from? There was no restaurant to be found -- the city bus idling on the corner was the only thing around. Then I saw the decals: "Fueled with Biodiesel". I was smelling the exhaust from the bus.
Biodiesel is a renewable fuel derived from vegetable oils, animal fat and cooking oils. Some think that these products are simply mixed with diesel to produce the fuel, but try to operate unrefined fats and oils in your diesel engine and you will soon be needing rebuilt fuel injectors and ...