All About Alternate Fuel Vehicles (AFV)

By Beth Daley, Globe Staff / March 3, 2008
Source: Boston Globe /Boston.com
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/
2008/03/03/biodiesel_fuels_show_variation_in_strength/

In the transportation world, it is one of the trendiest ways to fight global warming: Stir a little vegetable oil into your fuel.  Biodiesel is a chemically created fuel from animal fats and vegetable oils that is blended with traditional diesel. The result emits fewer pollutants, such as sulfur, and is thought to be less of a contributor to climate change because it is from a renewable source. Governor Deval Patrick has filed a bill to require diesel fuels and some home heating oil to contain a minimum percentage of biodiesel by 2010. Communities from Keene, N.H., to Cambridge use it when possible in municipal vehicles, such as power snow plows and dump trucks.
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Chris Pedersen, Gauntlet News , March 06, 2008
Source: Gauntlet News, Univ Calgary
http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/12229

The norms of bar food are greasy fries, a juicy hamburger with grease dripping onto the plate, nachos with tons of greasy meat and chicken wings soaking in oil. Many people eat these delicious foods, but very rarely do people contemplate what happens to the oil and grease when the server takes the plates away. (more…)

by Kamal Meattle, March 09, 2008
Source: FInancial Express
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/
Used-cooking-oil-can-be-a-good-source-of-biodiesel–for-vehicles/282269/

The Hotel and Restaurant Association of Delhi, which is a chapter of the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Association of India (FHRAI) and the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Northern India (HRANI), has committed itself to going green before the commencement of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in 2010.
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Albany, February 28, 2008
Source: WalbNews
http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=7944178&nav=5kZQ

The price of gasoline hit another all-time high Thursday in Georgia. Like most drivers, Emma Greene is feeling the pinch.  She says, “Previous trips, before the gas went up, it was affordable. But now I’ve got think twice before I make the trip.”  And she worries the prices are only going to go higher. “I understand by the summer it’s going to be up to $4.00 a gallon. I think we’re going to feel this every time we go out to buy something,” says Greene.

But there may be some good news on the horizon; even though it may take some time before it has a major effect on the majority of consumers. It’s called E85 - a fuel that’s 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline.
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