Monday, January 19, 2009

Chug. Chug. Bleah.

The Wichita Bureau, who moonlights as an ethanol skeptic, is probably enjoying a moment of schadenfreude here (link):
Biodiesel fuel woes close Bloomington schools
 
By LORA PABST, Star Tribune
  
All schools in the Bloomington School District will be closed today after state-required biodiesel fuel clogged in school buses Thursday morning and left dozens of students stranded in frigid weather, the district said late Thursday.

Rick Kaufman, the district's spokesman, said elements in the biodiesel fuel that turn into a gel-like substance at temperatures below 10 degrees clogged about a dozen district buses Thursday morning. Some buses weren't able to operate at all and others experienced problems while picking up students, he said.

"We had students at bus stops longer than we think is acceptable, and that's too dangerous in these types of temperatures," Kaufman said. ...
From a quick skim of the comments, I'd say there are a lot of jubilant anti-greens reading the Strib.

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