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Starving Students Helps to
Move the Needle on America's Dependence on Foreign Oil
07.24.06,
2:49 PM ET
Starving
Students, the nation's leading local moving company, is fueling its San
Francisco fleet with alternative biodiesel fuel. Biodiesel is a
domestically produced, renewable fuel, derived from natural oils such as
soybean. Widespread use of biodiesel would dramatically reduce America's
dependence on foreign oil. Biodiesel is also a very environmentally
friendly alternative to petroleum because it is free of sulfur and
aromatics, and biodiesel emissions produce 50% less ozone-forming smog(1).
Biodiesel is less toxic than table
salt and biodegrades as fast as sugar.
Starving Students is in its 34th year of
operation and in 2006 will move 56,000 families into new homes. To do
this, its fleet of 250 moving trucks will consume 400,000 gallons of gas.
The company decided to test using biodiesel in the Bay Area because it
felt its customers there truly appreciate companies that consider the
environment in their decision-making.
"Our dependence on foreign oil seems to
get us into a lot of trouble these days," says Bear Barnes, CEO of
Starving Students. "And as the father of three small children, it feels
really good to do our part to support a technology that could have a
lasting effect on the environment."
The transition to fueling with biodiesel
was made easy for Starving Students because biodiesel can be used in
unmodified diesel engines. Starving Students' San Francisco branch did
little except change where they bought their fuel. "Yes, it costs a little
more," says Barnes, "but as petroleum prices rise, and more companies
adopt biodiesel the difference will get smaller and smaller."
For more information about this press
release, please contact Megan Long 800-441-6683.
For more information about biodiesel fuel,
please visit www.biodiesel.org.
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www.biodiesel.org
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