8 months ago
DAVIS, CA - The next time you're driving through Davis along Interstate 80, look for the Richards Boulevard South exit. There you will find the only 24-hour Chevron filling station that offers E85 ethanol and B5 biodiesel fuels.
According to manager Mirza Javed, what started out as a novelty fuel only being sold to a couple customers has grown to more than 20 customers stopping in daily for the environmentally greener fuel alternative.
Although "Fast & Easy" Chevron is selling much more "B5" biodiesel than "E85" ethanol, Javed hears rumblings that perhaps ethanol will gain a bigger following in the not so far off future. One of the reasons biodiesel outsells ethanol now is because only flexible fuel vehicles can handle any fuel that contains higher than a 10 percent mixture of the corn-based oil that is used to create ethanol.
Biodiesel is still more widely known by the public, especially in Davis.
"Especially for the biodiesel, most of the customers, buyers, they are already aware of it, They know what the biodiesel is, it's more refined, more effective, cheaper, like a local product," said Javed.
Already the so-called "City of Bicycles" because of the popularity of bikes among UC Davis and residents, Davis appears to making a run to the forefront of alternative fuel when it comes to four-wheeled vehicles, too.
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