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Bad Mandates – Bio-Diesel

Here’s a nice little example of how stupid Minnesota’s bio-diesel mandates are and how devoid of logic and common sense those who have put such mandates in place are. (Yes you too Gov. ‘Green Jeans’ Pawlenty.)

Bloomington Public Schools have made the decision to close all their schools for Friday in part due to the cold weather. But it’s the because of the fuel that school buses use that’s creating the bigger problem.

District officials said they’ve experienced problems with a number of its school buses on Thursday morning because sub-zero temperatures created clogging issues for their bio-diesel fuel systems.

“Bottom line: Children’s safety is number one,” Bloomington’s transportation director Tom Oestrich said about Friday’s cancelation.

Bio-diesel fuel breaks away in cold temperatures around 10 degrees above zero. This part of the fuel then sinks to the bottom of the fuel tank where the fuel filter is and then clogs the fuel pump, inevitably shutting the vehicle down.

The state requires all school buses to use this type of fuel.

Despite these types of problems being noted in the past, the state still puts people in danger. Remember we had warnings of just a few minutes of exposure to the subzero temperature could lead to frostbite or worse. 

Kaufman said stand-by buses also experienced the same fuel system issues Thursday, which led to students having to wait at bus stops in dangerous weather conditions for up to 30 minutes.

Now imagine in rural areas where if a bus stalls out from this, which means no heat, do the students walk for warm shelter or huddle in the bus and hope help arrives quick enough. 

Now imagine yourself running a shipping company and using this junk and having your whole fleet go down. 

Yet another example of feel good policies leading to citizens getting hosed.

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One Response to “Bad Mandates – Bio-Diesel”

  1. 2nd Amendment, Gorebal Warming and Friday Musings(ok RANTS) | Grizzly Groundswell says:
    January 16, 2009 at 1:58 pm

    [...] How stupid are the Alternative Energy freaks at the State level in Minnesota? Quite it appears from this story at Residual Forces!! [...]