Originally published December 29 2005
Alternative fuel chain to spread across Canada
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
According to a report in Business 2.0, a Canadian producer of biodiesel called Topia Energy opened its first alternative fuel station, in a planned chain that will extend across Canada and be known as GreenStop.
Topia Energy, Canada's largest producer and distributors of biodiesel fuel, opened the first of a planned nationwide chain of "alternative" fuel stations called GreenStop, according to a report in Business 2.0.
GreenStop pumps only renewable fuel blends -- traditional diesel spiked with cooking oil, and gasoline mixed with corn ethanol.
And its convenience store, dubbed Real Caf�, takes the concept a step further, tossing out cigarettes and candy bars in favor of organic veggie wraps and coffee that's been roasted with the aid of solar energy.
The first GreenStop station, in Ottawa, is also structurally "green," constructed from renewable materials such as compressed strawboard and chemical-free linoleum.
Two of GreenStop's three fuels -- B20, which combines 20 percent biodiesel with 80 percent regular diesel, and E10, which is 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent traditional gasoline -- can be burned by standard engines.
The third, which is 85 percent ethanol, is for use in "flexible fuel" vehicles only.
Gas made from such seemingly low proportions of renewable resources might not solve the world's developing energy crisis, but Topia's Jayaraman believes it's an important start.
"Imagine if all of a sudden someone were to report that there is 10 percent more gas and 20 percent more diesel in the world than we thought there was," he told Business 2.0.
"We've seen what happens when supply goes the other way -- prices shoot up.
Topia plans to open 15 GreenStop stations across Canada and the northeast United States within the next year and reach 50 locations by the end of 2007.
If it hits those targets, Jayaraman told Business 2.0, his company should see sales of $1.5 million in 2006 and upwards of $3 million within three years.
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