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Lack of biodiesel fuels frustrations

Bob Hartl can't get gas. Nevertheless, his stomach is doing somersaults.

 

Hartl owns the local 1-800-GOT-JUNK? franchise, which has launched a company-wide initiative to eventually fuel all the trucks in the GOT-JUNK? fleet with biodiesel. The company has 337 franchisees in North America that provide a variety of disposal services.

 

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You can use them to make candles, printer ink, adhesives, insulation and even dinner, but these days soybeans are perhaps best known as the raw material for producing biodiesel, a diesel fuel alternative that is growing in popularity across the country.

 

That popularity has been tempered somewhat by myths and uncertainties in popular culture. Can you really recycle french fry oil from the local fast food joint to make biodiesel? Does fuel economy suffer? Will you void your engine warranty if you use biodiesel? Which blend is right for your fleet—B2, B5 or B20?

 

 

Canadian biodiesel fleet

The trucking company-trash remover is 1-800-GOT JUNK. And on May 31, when Schwarzenegger's in town for the Pacific Economic Summit, 1-800's founder and CEO Brian Scudamore will unveil his prototype biodiesel Isuzu truck.

 

The company plans to test biodiesel grades B5 to B20 and monitor the effects of the new fuel on the fleet engines. The goal of the program is to conclusively understand the environmental impact of biodiesel while also diagnosing the impact it has on current Isuzu diesel vehicles.