The cover story in the August 2009 edition of Fleet Maintenance looked back on the first two years of 2007-EPA emission compliant diesel engines for commercial trucks. The EPA had mandated that starting in 2007 all new on-highway diesel engines must limit the emission of particulate matter (PM).
1. Understand your OEMs’ warranty position on biodiesel and communicate with them your desire to use biodiesel blends in your diesel vehicles. For more information on OEM support for biodiesel, visit www.biodiesel.org/using-biodiesel/oem-information.
2. Ensure the biodiesel meets the ASTM specification for pure biodiesel (ASTM D 6751) before blending with petro diesel. Write these ASTM specifications into your fuel supplier’s bid specs.
A form of diesel fuel manufactured from vegetable oils animal fats or recycled restaurant greases, biodiesel is safe, biodegradable and produces less air pollutants than petroleum-based diesel.
Crisis, crisis! Who cried crisis? It was probably the EU, and although the world is not facing an immediate energetic crisis, even a hedgehog understands that without a breakthrough in science, we’ll be struggling to satisfy our energy cravings.
Three behaviors put children at higher risk for being hit by a car, a recent study finds.
