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DTE Energy will use biodiesel in 800 Vehicles

Filed under: Biodiesel

The DTE Energy company, which provides natural gas and electric services to Michigan customers, is going to start using biodiesel in its fleet of 800 diesel trucks and service vehicles (things like bucket trucks and light-duty vehicles). DTE will present a ceremony on Tuesday to mark the shift to the biofuel, but didn't announce the percentage of biodiesel it will be using. DTE did say that Michigan-based biodiesel supplier RKA Petroleum will provide the fuel and that the switch is the "environmental equivalent of taking about 120 of those vehicles out of service." Since "environmental equivalent" can mean a lot of things, we can't just calculate the biofuel percentage. What we do know is that even if you're providing energy to a lot of people, greening up your own supply isn't a bad idea.

[Source: DTE Energy]

Desperate for biodiesel? Would you steal two trucks full of it?

Filed under: Biodiesel, Etc., Green Daily

Did they steal the biodiesel or the trucks? Two trucks, a 2,400-gallon tanker and a Dodge Ram flatbed, were stolen from a biodiesel station near Fort Worth, Texas last Wednesday. The trucks carried "thousands of gallons" of fuel but the problem for the station owner (Bobby Camp of DFW Biodiesel) is that he's now got to borrow another company's tanker for the time being. He doesn't have a lot of hope that he'll get his trucks back. He told the local NBC station that, "Those trucks could be anywhere. They could be parted out.They could be in Mexico. Really, there's no telling, to be honest with you."

Eagle-eyed readers in the area should keep an eye out.

[Source: NBC5i]

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