[Biodiesel In Utah] Fw: Park City Embraces Bio-Diesel Fuel

[Andre Shoumatoff]

 Leave it to Park City to get their factual information incorrectly themselves but nevertheless, pretty cool... 

Andre


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From: Myles Rademan 
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 11:45 AM
To: Myles Rademan
Subject: Park City Embraces Bio-Diesel Fuel

 


     
     

     PRESS RELEASE
      Park City Embraces Bio-Diesel Fuel

       

      Park City Municipal Corporation as part of its continuing commitment to becoming a sustainable mountain resort community will begin using bio-diesel in all diesel powered vehicles in its fleet by June 30th. This should result in both annual fuel cost savings and environmental benefits.

      The general public will also have the ability to purchase bio-diesel at the Park City CFN outlet by completing a credit application and obtaining a CFN credit card.

      In June 2005, Park City Transit began a bio-diesel (B-20) pilot demonstration program with the Main Street trolley to evaluate whether using bio-diesel adversely impacts maintenance costs, reliability or fuel consumption. No fuel related maintenance or reliability problems have occurred and fuel consumption has remained the same as when the trolley ran on regular diesel fuel.

      B-20 fuel (20% soybean or similar vegetable oil and 80% petroleum diesel) can yield reductions in particulate, CO and Hydrocarbon emissions but causes a slight increase in NOx emissions.  Although not mandated in Park City,  B-20 fuel meets Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPA) regulations, passed by Congress to reduce our nation's dependence on imported petroleum. 

      Major fuel suppliers have begun making commercial grade pre-blended bio-diesel available locally in bulk deliveries making it more convenient to service the City's fleet which consumes approximately 215,000 gallons of diesel fuel per year; mostly in the transit buses.  

      Until very recently bio-diesel had quality control problems and such low sales volume that it lacked the economies of scale that large producers and distributors can provide, resulting in bio-diesel being sold, if and when available, at a premium to petroleum diesel.  A combination of increasing consumer demand, tax incentives,, and large increases in the cost of the petroleum component of bio-diesel have resulted in a bio-diesel cost of approximately $ .05 less per gallon than #2 diesel under current market conditions.

       

      For additional information on purchasing bio-diesel fuel in Park City contact Eric Nesset at 615-5356.

       

      For Additional Information contact:

      Myles C. Rademan

      Director of Public Affairs and Communications

      435-615-5200

       

       

       

       
     
       
      
     

 

 
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