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Our mission is to promote the use of biodiesel
in school buses in the greater Puget Sound region to sustain the
good health and well being of our children and fellow citizens,
our environment, and our local economy. |
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Upcoming Events |
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Monthly Breathable
Bus Coalition Meeting:
Time:7.00pm - 9.00pm
Location: Mike & Gail's 1124 NW 53rd St Seattle
WA
CLICK HERE To See Minutes from
Previous Meetings
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What's New |
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Visit the new breathablebus.org forum
pages. Boards for can be used for discussions relating to the Breathable
Bus Coalition, biodiesel news and logging progress on any biodiesel
projects, requesting help, or sharing information.
CLICK HERE To launch the breathablebus.org
forum |
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Biodiesel in the News |
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| Times Leader Online
- School District Switches Bus Fuel to Biiodiesel Blend |
By Jared
NelsonI / Times Leader Online
A recent move by the Caldwell County school district has
county school bus riders, and bus drivers, breathing easier.
The school district recently switched the fuel for its fleet
of buses from regular diesel fuel to a blend of diesel and
biodiesel, a fuel derived from natural oils — in this
case, soybeans — and school officials say the cleaner-burning
biodiesel is already paying off.....
See Full Story
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| KIN 5 NEWS - Cantwell
Pushing for Biofuel Research & Development |
By BERNARD
CHOI / KING 5 News
SEATTLE - Aaron Kahn is on a road only a small number of Seattle
drivers have tried, using biodiesel fuels instead of traditional
diesel.
Kahn believes it's the path everyone will be on in the coming
years. "
We cannot continue to use gasoline at the levels that we do
use it," he said.
The problem is there's not much of a market for biodiesel
fuel. Only one or two stations in Seattle offer it. And while
biofuels get better mileage, they cost $1 more per gallon.
Also, only vehicles that now burn diesel can burn biodiesel....
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| SEATTLE TIMES - Alternative
Fuel Backers Celebrate Biodiesel Plant |
By Sherry Grindeland/
Seattle Times
John Plaza bypasses the gas station these days.When
his pickup's gas gauge nears empty, he pumps biodiesel —
made in his own plant — into his tank.
Plaza expects to fill up hundreds of other vehicles when his
processing plant, Seattle Biodiesel, officially opens sometime
this spring. It will be the first wholesale biodiesel plant
in King County....
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Full Story |
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