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Saturday, October 18, 2003
New fuel scheduled for bus test
King County Metro Transit is starting a pilot project to test biodiesel fuel in its bus fleet.
The transit system believes that use of the fuel, which is 80 percent diesel and 20 percent vegetable oil and functions the same way 100 percent petroleum fuel does, could reduce reliance on fossil fuel by as much as 1.7 million gallons a year. Biodiesel is being tested on about 10 buses this fall.
Permanent, fleetwide use of the blend would depend on results from the pilot project and the oil industry's ability to make the blend affordable and available in large volumes, the transit agency says. Some city vehicles in Seattle and Tacoma already run on the fuel. It is also in use at local military installations, and Washington State Ferries is testing the product.
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