Testimonial: City of Bellingham
In May of 2007, the Fleet Services Division began using a mixture of 5% biodiesel and 95% ultra low sulfur diesel as fuel in the Public Works Department vehicles and equipment. The total used through September was 10,000 gallons. Currently all City-owned diesel vehicles and equipment are assigned to the biodiesel project except fire apparatus, ambulance and emergency stationary generators.
During the past 5 months Fleet Services has experienced no fuel related problems that we can attribute to the use of biodiesel. Our current plans are to continue using biodiesel. It is the opinion of Fleet Services that biodiesel has favorable properties when used as fuel, not the least of which is reducing undesirable emissions produced by diesel engines, which helps keep our environment healthy which contributes to Bellingham's goal of becoming a "Green" city.
Heather Higgins-Aanes
City of Bellingham Environmental Resources
