http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2009/01/21/minnesota-school-buses-stall-in-cold-b2-biodiesel-to-blame/ The world's most widely-read biofuels daily Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:30:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2009/01/21/minnesota-school-buses-stall-in-cold-b2-biodiesel-to-blame/comment-page-1/#comment-2263 NO SCHOOL: Biodiesel Supposedly Gels in Minnesota School Buses Canceling Classes : Eco Child’s Play Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:35:52 +0000 http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/?p=9223#comment-2263 [...] Although the school district is only following a mandate to use biodiesel, I commend them for doing so.  The truth is school buses are very inefficient and toxic, and a recent regulation in California was supposed to reduce emissions by retrofitting old buses and purchasing new ones; however, this law was suspended because of the budget crisis.  I wonder how our school district will respond, as they have a new bus on order that is due to arrive in March. Will they be able to pay for it?  I don’t think they can win a hybrid bus for being America’s greenest school. [...] [...] Although the school district is only following a mandate to use biodiesel, I commend them for doing so.  The truth is school buses are very inefficient and toxic, and a recent regulation in California was supposed to reduce emissions by retrofitting old buses and purchasing new ones; however, this law was suspended because of the budget crisis.  I wonder how our school district will respond, as they have a new bus on order that is due to arrive in March. Will they be able to pay for it?  I don’t think they can win a hybrid bus for being America’s greenest school. [...]

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