Alabama’s Jackson County cancels biodiesel trial, not “cost effective”

A small three-truck trial of biodiesel by Jackson County in Alabama was called off after three months, after the head of the waste removal department said that the records showed that biodiesel was not cost-effective. Two trucks tested showed a 25% decrease in mileage, while the third showed a 3% mileage increase.

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