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BIOFUELS * USA
* Heavy-Duty Engine Manufacturers Allow Biodiesel Use Without Voiding Warranties - Acknowledging the growing popularity of vegetable-based biofuels, most heavy-duty engine makers have switched their policies to authorize biodiesel mixtures of at least 5% in their engines
USA -TTNews, by Frederick Kiel -23 April 2007: -- ... Most manufacturers said that using biodiesel blends they approve would not affect engine warranties, although they did say that if the fuel caused an engine breakdown, warranties would not cover it... Cummins Inc., Caterpillar Inc., Volvo Trucks North America, Mack Trucks Inc. and Detroit Diesel Corp. all said customers could safely use some level of biodiesel... The National Biodiesel Board agreed with that viewpoint... “Since engine manufacturers warranty the materials and workmanship of their engines, they do not warranty fuel of any kind,” the board said in a statement... “If there are engine problems caused by a fuel (again, whether that fuel is petrodiesel fuel or biodiesel fuel), these problems are not related to the materials or workmanship of the engine but are the responsibility of the fuel supplier and not the engine manufacturer,” the board said...
* Biodiesel standard OK’d in New Mexico
NM,USA -TTNews -April 24, 2007: -- Gov. Bill Richardson has signed a bill into law that requires all diesel fuel sold in New Mexico to be at least a 5-percent blend of biodiesel by 2012.
Similar efforts are being pursued in other states...
* Missouri
MO,USA -TTNews -April 24, 2007: -- The state Senate approved a bill that would require all diesel fuel sold at retail in the state to be a biodiesel blend... The bill – SB204 – would require at least 5-percent biodiesel at the pumps by April 2009. Retailers would not be forced to carry the blended product if the price is more expensive than regular diesel...
* Oregon
OR,USA -TTNews -April 24, 2007: -- The Oregon House also is on the biodiesel bandwagon. The chamber approved a bill that includes a requirement that at least a 2-percent biodiesel blend be offered as soon as state production of biodiesel reaches 5 million gallons per year. A 5-percent biodiesel blend would be required when production reaches 15 million gallons per year...
* Montana
MON,USA -TTNews -April 24, 2007: -- A bill has died that would have required all diesel fuel sold in the state to have at least a 5-percent blend of biodiesel. The bill – SB432 – was tabled in the House Transportation Committee, effectively killing it for the year. The Senate had already approved it...
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