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First Biodiesel-Powered Train Tested In Washington
gas2.org — Most railroads have shown a reluctance to use a biodiesel blend in their locomotives, but the Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad has decided to test the concept this summer.The first biodiesel powered train pulled out of Creston last week, hauling 52 cars of wheat and 500 gallons of biodiesel in the locomotive's saddlebag tanks.
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- mecharabbit, on 07/02/2008, -1/+16I smell the train a comin'
It smells just like french fries... - Masternajee, on 07/02/2008, -2/+7We need more trains, planes, and automobiles like this. With all the articles regarding the tests, it is amazing someone hasnt broken the code yet.
- guillebravo6, on 07/02/2008, -3/+8We need more efficient forms of transportation like this, automobiles are costing the consumer too much money!
- Modestexcuse, on 07/02/2008, -1/+7With possibly mass transit being the only exception, Electric vehicles are our future. We already have the infrastructure in place to support them. All we need are more wind farms, solar power at our homes, and more renewable energy sources to gather the energy.
I firmly believe that these Hybrid and Biodiesel vehicles are only an intermediate step. Even with Fuel Cell technology advancing rapidly, there is a lot of work to be done to distribute hydrogen safely and effectively.
Go Tesla, GO! $30k and under is just around the corner. I will be buying an electric car very soon :) - 0Xonox0, on 07/03/2008, -3/+5More Biodiesel = Higher food prices. Lets get off of oil - Every kind of oil.
- notoneofus, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4Not necessarily true. Yes, using food crops to make biodiesel raises food costs.
But what about biodiesel made from waste oil? Or from something highly efficient and renewable like hemp? The article doesn't say where they get their raw oil.
The problem doesn't lie in biodiesel, but in using the wrong kind. - robbibaba, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3biodiesel can (and should) be made from algae. And will be soon. Look it up.
- regeya, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2I came here for the 'no food for fuel' fallacious arguments, and was not disappointed.
Yes, let's get rid of all oils. Brilliant idea. What do you propose to use as lubrication? - cheezintern, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4biodiesel can be made from anything including animal fat to algae oil. Anything that produces lipids, fats, or natural oils. Using soy for fuel isn't even efficient. Given time though a market will develop.
- notoneofus, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4Not necessarily true. Yes, using food crops to make biodiesel raises food costs.
- DDMX, on 07/03/2008, -2/+2Biodiesel kills babies!
- regeya, on 07/03/2008, -1/+2Also, biodiesel ate Spock's balls.
- dementer0, on 07/03/2008, -2/+0This is NOT the first train to run Bio-Diesel, Twin Cities and Western has run a Bio-diesel blend for many years.
http://www.tcwr.net/announcements.html
"TC&W’s fleet of eight locomotives has been upgraded with newer Generation II units featuring more fuel-efficient Caterpillar diesel engines, which can run on a blend of 5% biodiesel that is supplied locally by FUMPA Biofuels in Redwood Falls."- sporadichail, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2I think this is 100% bio-diesel.
- septicmadman, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1I find it funny that someone would trump 5% biodiesel. In Portland , OR (and likely many other cities but I am unaware of others) it is law that if there is only one diesel pump it dispense a blend that is 5% bidiesel. Almost equivalent to filling up your '84 VW Rabbit with the same b...ah this comment is awful.
Bullocks.
- Vostok, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1Eastern Washington pride!! I'm from the desert half of the Evergreen State and it's nice to see we're doing something first and people are noticing.
- sporadichail, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2Probably the only thing Creston will ever be noted for!
- odacity509, on 07/03/2008, -0/+0Me too...It makes me proud
- UltramegaOK, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1Are you from Spokompton?
- jdago, on 07/03/2008, -2/+0THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I TIP MY HAT TO YOU.
- CletusTSJY, on 07/03/2008, -2/+1Corn growers everywhere rejoice.
- iridesce, on 07/03/2008, -2/+1Lose a NBA team, gain a renewable source of transportation - and anyways the weather is finally ready to showcase the beauty of the region - ahhh, life in the Pacific Northwest .....
- bassik, on 07/03/2008, -2/+1to bad it wasn't hemp bio diesel.
- gkiltz, on 07/03/2008, -1/+0We all pay for biodiesel every time we go to the grocery store!
- beauley, on 07/03/2008, -2/+1Our world is in a period of great change. We are experiencing global warming at a rate never seen before. The change we are experiencing is in redirecting our energy sources that will hopefully reverse this trend. Our fossil fuel supplies are slowly being depleted and likewise gradually being augmented with pollution free energy sources that do not need replacement
http://www.quazen.com/Science/Environment/Our-Ener ...
Our Energy Conservation Dilemma - beauley, on 07/03/2008, -2/+1For those of us with children, "don't forget to turn out the lights" is a normal echo heard daily throughout the home almost like a broken record. For most of us here in the U.S., it is our way of reminding our children that energy today costs money, maybe a little too much.
http://www.quazen.com/Science/Environmen t/We-Are-A-Nation-Of-Energy-Waste.15854
We Are a Nation of Energy Waste - pharoah724, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Interesting... there are so many options for energy. It almost seems like we can use different types of energy sources for different needs... hmm...
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