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B5 Bio-diesel Fuel Spreading

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

It looks like Iowa is now on the B5 Bio Diesel bandwagon.  Last year, legislation was created for what they call the “Iowa Biodiesel Fuel Quality Standard (SF464)”.  And on February 4th of this year, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee voted in the advancement of the bill so that it can move into the full committee.  If it is passed by the House that would mean that the state of Iowa’s fuel will be 5% biodiesel.

This is amazing technology coming to use for making a huge step in becoming more independent from foreign oil.  There are some people and groups with concerns about using biodiesel.  The Iowans For Consumer Fuel Choice is concerned that the mandate will create monopoly.  Dawn Carlson, their spokesperson stated,

“Mandating renewable fuel will create upside-down economics, eliminate the checks and balances of fair competition and increase fuel costs for Iowans.”

Balancing the Pros and Cons of such a mandate is something the Iowa House will have to review.  It would be wonderful if they can make everyone happy.  But, this isn’t usually the case.  The article stated that Truck Drivers and Fuel Retailer are also against the mandate, but does not state why.  Probably for the price of fuel going by having the mixture of bio and fuel together.

Who is next?  What other states will try to mandate B5Bio Diesel?  I for one will keep an eye on this story.

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CR England Offers Green Truck Driving School Training

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

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CR England Wins EPA Excellence Award

This award is great news for truck driving school students who are interested in protecting the environment. Now students can feel better knowing that they are training with an industry leader that is also making a conscious effort to conserve energy and lower green house gases.

The award that C.R. England, Inc. received is an Environmental Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency SmartWaySM Transport Partnership. The award is directly related to the company’s leadership in conserving energy and lowering greenhouse gas emissions from its transportation and freight activities. The award was announced at the American Trucking Association’s Annual Management Conference & Exhibit in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Here are some interesting facts that most likely attributed to the excellence award. Over time CR England has saved 49,023,390 gallons of diesel fuel and has been able to decrease carbon dioxide emissions by 544,160 tons. Most of the savings have come via the implementation of fuel saving strategies and the installation of aerodynamic equipment on tractors and refrigerated trailers.

When you choose a CR England truck driving school for your training, your learning from an award winning environmentally friendly trucking company that has been in business for almost 90 years. CR England truck schools guarantee you a job after you have completed the training program. CR England strives for excellence and operates under the trademarked “DRIVE LIFE” motto. Contact a company recruiter if your interested in CDL training or visit www.CREngland.com for more information about our truck driving school program.

For more information about SmartWay you can visit: http://www.epa.gov/smartway .

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B5 Biodiesel Makes Big Move

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

This week some news articles have been flying around about B5 bio diesel. an article on Chron.com confirmed that that 15,000 barrels of B5 bio diesel have been piped from Georgia to Virginina and from Georgia to Mississippi.

This is the first reported piping of the diesel fuel blend. According to a 2007 law 1 billion gallons of B5 need to be injected into the nations fuel supply by 2012. Students in trucking schools and professional truck drivers should be prepared by the 2012 deadline.

This big announcement came from Kinder Morgan Energy Partners. A more complete article about this big step towards a change in diesel fuel use also ran in the New York Times Energy & Environment section on July 2nd, 2009.  The article written by Kate Galbraith discusses a small issue regarding the possibility of biodiesel contaminating jet fuel that runs through the pipe line. 

I think we know a about a work around for the issue of pipe contamination, that requires a tanker endorsement. Certainly in our current economic environment we could use a few more jobs, why not make them truck driving  jobs!

The articles mentioned above can be found at:
Chron.com: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/6505588.html

New York Times: http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/first-biodiesel-pipeline-starts-operations/

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