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Rix's biofuel claims low price, high gains
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R. Truck operators who live within 80 miles of Hull can now buy a more environmentally friendly diesel which is partly made from recycled vegetable oils.
Last week, Economic Secretary and Yorkshire MP John Healey launched largescale production of biodiesel fuel in the UK at Hull-based supplier Rix BioDiesel.
Biodiesel is made from vegetable oil or cooking oil recovered from the food arid catering industry. Rix's fuel is made at a plant in Birmingham and taken to Hull where it is blended with nor
mal diesel in a ratio of 95% normal fuel to 5% biodiesel. In this form it can be put into trucks without engine modifications.
Rix claims the mix offers slightly improved fuel economy (under 3%) but significantly reduced emissions.
"Today's ultra-low sulphur diesel doesn't have the lubricity diesel used to have—our mix puts it back and engines run much smoother and with disproportionally lower emissions," says Rix director Peter Turner, pictured below with Healey (right) at the launch.
This is the second biodiesel scheme to be announced recently. Last month the first pump selling the fuel was opened in Stroud (CM18-24 The government recently reduced the duty payable on such fuel by 20p/litre which brings biodiesel closer to the cost of standard fuel. Until recently extra manufacturing costs meant biodiesel was uneconomic. Now the two are very close in price and Rix is seeing its blend at the same price as normal diesel.