2007Nov30: San Francisco completes a yearlong project to convert its entire fleet of diesel vehicles to be powered by B20, a mix of 20% soy-based biofuel and 80% petroleum diesel fuel (NY Times, 2007).
Reference: New York Times. 2007. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/us/02diesel.html
Image Description: Cars on Lombard Street descend Russian Hill. Photo by Nicholas Shanks, 2003June29. Image Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lombardst.jpeg Image Permission: This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License.
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