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Seventy Tons of CO2 Saved by Using Biodiesel
At the Mid-American Trucking Show in Louisville, KY, March 18, the National Biodiesel Board announces the results of an over-the-road pilot studying CO2 reduction using biodiesel. NBB teamed up with Chicago-based Indigenous Energy, LLC, developers of emissions tracking systems, and Los Angeles-based States Logistics, a fleet and logistics company using clean technology.
States Logistics ran seven trucks: four on soy-based B5 and three on B99. The B99 trucks ran 48,198 miles and consumed 8,770 gallons of diesel over the six-month period. The equivalent straight petroleum diesel output would have been 89.9 tons, but with B99, the output was 19.8 tons for a savings of 70.1 tons.
The B5 fleet traveled 61,433 miles and consumed 7,090 gallons of B5. Equivalent petroleum CO2 output would have been 71.4, with B5 the output was reduced to 68.6 for 2.8 tons of CO2 reduction. In addition to CO2 reduction, an estimated 119 pounds of particulate matter were eliminated from the exhaust during the six-month period.
The six-month pilot culminated in a report showing States Logistics’ CO2 total reduction of 72.9 tons over straight petroleum diesel. Eventually, these figures may be used to sell carbon offsets, but today they clearly show States Logistics’ efforts towards reducing CO2 and other pollutants. More information can be found at www.biotrucker.com. |
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