OSU buses using soy biodiesel Transportation and Parking Services at Ohio State unveiled the first soy biodiesel (B20) fueled Campus Area Bus Service (CABS) transit coach at Farm Science Review, Sept. 16. The unveiling began a yearlong pilot program to incorporate soy biodiesel into university transportation services. The program at the start of Autumn Quarter with the use of B20 – a blend of 80 percent diesel fuel and 20 percent soybean oil – in 20 percent of the CABS fleet. The initiative also supports Ohio farmers by using Ohio-grown soybeans. Two other university service departments also have agreed to pilot the B20 fuel in their trucks and equipment. Ohio State was the largest university using biodiesel when the program began in late September. CABS provides more than 4 million rides annually, and Transportation and Parking officials believe using the "Buckeye Clean Air Bus" will increase awareness of students, staff and faculty to domestically produced fossil fuel alternatives. Photo by Jodi Miller, Ohio State University | |