November 16, 2008
From french fries to fuel
Tinkering and testing make biodiesel work as an alternative
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - For the past eight months, consumers have watched as the price of gasoline and diesel has doubled. With demand down and the world economy in a slump, prices have slid back, but nobody expects them to stay low.
Alternative energy is being explored as a way to end crude-oil dependence. Actually, it's already here. For a chemical company in the industrial environs of Nitro to a commune in the Pocahontas County hills, biodiesel is the answer.
This year, AC&S Inc., a chemical manufacturing company in Nitro, became the first commercial manufacturer of biodiesel in West Virginia.
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