One View of Biodiesel Use: The Fargo Example

This article looks at biodiesel as an alternative fuel source, focusing on how it could be used in the transit environment. It examines research based on information from the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Transit, which has used biodiesel in its buses for several years. The article describes the advantages and disadvantages of biodiesel use, production, cost, and incentives. The biodiesel experience in Fargo, North Dakota, where temperatures vary widely, involves using B5 during April and October, B2 during November and December, and B20 in May through September. During the coldest months conventional diesel is used without adding biodiesel.