Now we just need to get California to relax their diesel emissions rules and we'll be all good.
California Biodiesel Industry Launches Trade Group
Sep 10, 2007 - California Biodiesel Alliance (CBA) - Press Release
Industry and the public invited to help promote low-carbon diesel fuel alternative
Biodiesel pioneers and industry leaders have created a new
not-for-profit trade association to promote increased use and
production of high quality, renewable biodiesel fuel in California. The
group, known as the California Biodiesel Alliance (CBA), is a diverse
association of biodiesel feedstock suppliers, producers, fuel marketers
and distributors, technology providers, fuel retailers, consumers, and
advocates. CBA is committed to developing and protecting the biodiesel
supply, educating the public about the benefits of biodiesel, and
representing the California biodiesel industry in government relations
in Sacramento and beyond.
“We’re inviting industry and members of the public to join us in
unleashing the power of the biodiesel market here in California,” said
Alliance Chair Eric M. Bowen of Tellurian Biodiesel. “We believe that
by working together we can prove that biodiesel has a significant role
to play in improving California’s air quality, decreasing greenhouse
gas emissions, and reducing the state’s dependence on foreign oil.”
“Our goal is to ensure that biodiesel receives favorable treatment by
state and federal regulatory agencies as part of the solution to
California air quality challenges and as a benefit to California
workers, farmers, and the economy,” said Alliance Secretary Doug Smith
of Baker Commodities. “We support California Air Resources Board
research studies and the inclusion of biodiesel into the California
transportation fuels portfolio.”
CBA offers memberships to biodiesel producers, marketers, and
distributors as well as to companies and individuals who support the
industry at the highest level of fuel quality. Membership forms are
available at www.californiabiodieselalliance.org.
Biodiesel is the fastest growing alternative fuel in the US market with
production having tripled between 2005 and 2006, from 75 million
gallons to about 250 million gallons. It is renewable, biodegradable,
and nontoxic. Biodiesel significantly cuts life cycle carbon dioxide
and other harmful environmental emissions, including carbon monoxide,
sulfur, and aromatics. It can be made from recycled cooking greases and
any vegetable oil or animal fat, can run in any diesel engine with
little or no modification, and is compatible with the existing
petroleum distribution infrastructure.
For further information contact
www.californiabiodieselalliance.org
