Narrator says:

This Metro Transit bus is the first in King County to run on a mixture of biodiesel fuel and Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuel, making it one of the cleanest running buses in the state.

It marks the beginning of a two-year pilot project to reduce green house gases that contribute to global warming. Metro also hopes it will strengthen the homegrown biodiesel market in Washington. With the delivery of the first nine thousand gallons of biodiesel fuel to Metro's Ryerson Bus base, project partners talked about how important this is to our environment and to farmers.

Ron Sims/King County Executive says:

Metro's commitment to piloting the use of biodiesel will make it the largest user of biofuels in the state of Washington, which will in turn significantly increase markets for this clean burning alternative to fossil fuels.

No need to import oil, our supply can be homegrown as oil seed crops right here in Washington State (applause) as we can tell anybody, there is no reason not to use biofuel, no reason.

Dean Boyer/Washington Farm Bureau says:

Most biodiesel today as you may know is produced from soybeans, but growers here in Washington are looking at other high oil seeds such as canola and mustard seed that show great promise.

K.C. Golden/Climate Solutions Policy Director says:

This project is a perfect antidote to our energy dependence. It takes some of the dollars that we would otherwise be sending to Houston and Riyad and to Caracas and sends them instead to Columbia County and Lincoln County and to Tukwila and I know personally I'm going to feel a heck of a lot better about putting my buck and a quarter in that machine when I get on the bus knowing that some of it is going to stay in this community and build our economic future instead of contributing more to our energy dependence.

Narrator says:

The biodiesel project is part of a Seattle City Light greenhouse gas mitigation program, and Metro Transit is committing to using a five percent blend of biodiesel with Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel to power its fleet of more than 1,200 buses for the next two years. King County's solid waste division has also agreed to purchase and use up to 50,000 gallons of biodiesel for its operations.

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