{"id":540824,"date":"2010-04-22T07:06:06","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T11:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"tag:greentechnolog.com,2010:\/\/1.2346"},"modified":"2010-04-22T07:44:25","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T11:44:25","slug":"amtraks-biodiesel-heartland-flyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/540824","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak&#8217;s Biodiesel &#8220;Heartland Flyer&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"3\" height=\"120\" border=\"3\" align=\"left\" width=\"180\" vspace=\"3\" title=\"Amtrak logo\" alt=\"Amtrak logo\" src=\"http:\/\/deepcreekrr.com\/rcamp\/index_files\/amtrak_logo.jpg\" \/>Amtrak is experimenting with a bio-diesel fueled train &#8230; called the Heartland Flyer. &nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>&quot; &#8230;&nbsp; nation&rsquo;s first-ever test of a cleaner and renewable biodiesel fuel blend to power a daily interstate passenger train between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth &#8230; research project &#8230; on the daily Heartland Flyer train operated by Amtrak &#8230; biodiesel blend includes beef byproduct and is provided by a Texas-based vendor.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot; &#8230; the biodiesel blend known as B20 (20% pure biofuel and 80% diesel) reduced hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide each by 10 percent, reduced particulates by 15 percent and sulfates by 20 percent. &#8230; measurements will be taken &#8230; at the end of 12 months so any impact of the biodiesel on valves and gaskets can be measured&#8230;.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Via:&nbsp;<\/strong> Amtrak <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amtrak.com\/servlet\/ContentServer\/Page\/1241267278292\/1241245669129\"  title=\"Amtrak\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amtrak is experimenting with a bio-diesel fueled train &#8230; called the Heartland Flyer. &nbsp; &quot; &#8230;&nbsp; nation&rsquo;s first-ever test of a cleaner and renewable biodiesel fuel blend to power a daily interstate passenger train between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth &#8230; research project &#8230; on the daily Heartland Flyer train operated by Amtrak &#8230; biodiesel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":754,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-540824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/754"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}