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GOVT VEHICLES IN TAIPEI BEGIN TO RUN ON BIOFUEL.
TAIPEI, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - Minister of Economic Affairs Steve R.L. Chen activated a "green government vehicle" program Saturday, kicking off an order that all vehicles owned by the central government and the Taipei municipal government have to use E3 biofuel from that day on.
Chen said that since every 1,000 liters of E3 alcohol gasoline, which features 3 per cent alcohol content in unleaded gasoline, can contribute to a reduction of 2.1 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, the green program -- the first stage of a comprehensive plan to promote the consumption of environmentally friendly biofuel nationwide -- can help slow global warming.
From Saturday, eight gas stations run by CPC, Taiwan Corp. in the capital are offering the biofuel. Under the Energy Bureau's plan, by 2009, all gas stations in the country's two main cities of Taipei and Kaohsiung will be offering E3 biofuel, with the other cities and ...
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