San Francisco and the Biodiesel RevolutionE. "Doc" Smithbyline‚ Nov. 21‚ 2007Through the efforts of the SF Department of the Environment, virtually all of San Francisco's diesel fleet will be running on B20 biodiesel by year's end, including MUNI, the SF Zoo, Airport Shuttles and elements of the Fire Department. The Public Utilities Commission's "greasecycle" program of collecting restaurant grease and converting it into biodiesel, (and its glycerine by-product ultimately turned into soap), is off to a flying start. SF may perhaps be the largest city in America to use the veggie-oil based fuel to reduce some of it's greenhouse gas emissions and deal with it's waste in such a sustainable way. |