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- EPA: U.S. to Use More Renewable Fuels in ’06
- SiriComm Sets Wi-Fi ‘Hot Spot’ Network
- Ohio Firm Derives Biodiesel From Vegetable Oil
- SiriComm Sets Wi-Fi ‘Hot Spot’ Network
EPA: U.S. to Use More Renewable Fuels in ’06
Starting this year, Americans will be fueling their vehicles up with nearly 3% of clean-burning, domestic renewable fuels such as ethanol under new standards issued by the Environmental Protection Agency.The agency said Thursday that the standard, authorized by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, is the first step in EPA's Renewable Fuels Standard Program, designed to reduce vehicle emissions and strengthen energy security by doubling the use of fuels produced from American crops by 2012.
“We are addressing our nation's growing energy demand in a way that supports our goals for a clean environment and healthy economy," said EPA Administrator Steve Johnson. Transport Topics
SiriComm Sets Wi-Fi ‘Hot Spot’ Network
SiriComm Inc., which provides broadband wireless networks for the highway transportation industry, said last week it had selected ValuePoint Networks' SuperAP access point for installation at its Internet “hot spots.”So-called “Wi-Fi,” for wireless fidelity, hot spots give local users access to the Internet through short-range wireless networks.
SiriComm said it will install a rugged, self-contained wireless access point combined with an integrated flat-panel directional antenna.
It said the high-powered unit was ideal for long-distance outdoor applications similar to those found at truck stops, truck fleet terminals and weigh stations. Transport Topics
Ohio Firm Derives Biodiesel From Vegetable Oil
Two Ohio men are creating a business by using vegetable oil from fast-food restaurants to derive fuel from, the Akron Beacon-Journal newspaper reported Tuesday.The men, Sam Merrett and Bob Beckett, convert diesel vehicles at Biodiesel Oberlin into cars, vans and trucks that can burn vegetable oil combined with diesel fuel as fuel, the paper reported.
Merrett said vegetable oils can be obtained for free used, can be created locally from grain, burn cleaner and it is less flammable in accidents.
He told the paper the two had a customer with Mack truck that had a quarter of a million vegetable-oil miles on it. Transport Topics
