Napa firefighters request city to switch to biodiesel

In California, firefighters in Napa have requested the City Council to convert the city’s fire truck fleet to biodiesel. San Francisco is using a B20 blend and expects to move to B100 by the end of 2007, according to the Napa firefighters proposing the changeover.

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