University of Utah converts shuttle buses to bio-diesel fuel

July 18, 2007
Fleet uses mix of 80 percent diesel fuel and 20 percent vegetable oil.

The University of Utah in Salt LakeCity has converted most of the shuttle buses on campus to run on bio-diesel fuel. The school is switching from cleaner burning natural gas to bio-diesel because natural gas engines have proven unreliable and are expensive to maintain and repair. Most shuttles have been running on a B-20 grade of bio-diesel fuel--a less polluting upgrade than the previous B-5 mixture. The new grade is a mix of 80 percent diesel fuel and 20 percent vegetable oil.

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