TORONTO BIODIESEL
October 1st, 2001
BY MONICA DOBIE, in MontrealTHE TORONTO Hydro-Electric System has launched a large-scale test of vegetable-based bio-diesel fuel in its fleet of more than one hundred cars, trucks and vans as a first step to converting to 100 per cent vegetable-based fuel.The fuel used is a mixture of 20 per cent vegetable oil and 80 per cent low-sulphur diesel, which will run throughout the winter in selected vehicles and if successful, will be used in all of Toronto Hydro company vehicles in hopes of reducing harmful emissions.The utility's initiative is launch of Ontario's ...
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