diesel

[JeffW]

GM seems to be putting all their foreign-oil-independent eggs in the E85 basket, but here in WA we don't have a single public E85 station. We do have quite a few biodiesel stations already and much more are on the way:

Grays Harbor port readies for biodiesel plant
By RACHEL LA CORTE
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Grays Harbor County will be home to an enormous biodiesel production plant under an agreement announced Tuesday involving Seattle-based Imperium Renewables.
The plant, to be built on land owned by the Port of Grays Harbor between Aberdeen and Hoquiam, will produce 100 million gallons of biodiesel a year. Construction began recently on a plant that will produce 85 million gallons per year in Velva, N.D.
Last year, national biodiesel production was just 75 million gallons, according to the Missouri-based National Biodiesel Board. By the end of the year, that number is expected to double.
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With such momentum from Jeep and MB BlueTec, it definately seems like the General is missing the boat a bit.