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Alternative-fuel bus focus of climate-change tour

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 10/05/06

The big diesel bus that pulled into the parking lot of St. Mary's School in Annapolis yesterday didn't belch funky black smoke like other rides of its kind; rather it smelled of, well, french fries.

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Photo by E.B. Furgurson III -- The Capital Students from St. Mary’s High School in Annapolis listen as Riley Hopeman explains the alternative fuel — restaurant oil — used by the bus and how it relates to larger environmental questions.
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You see, this bus runs on leftover kitchen oil gleaned from whichever restaurant agrees to let go of its post-fryer goo.

The bus stopped in Annapolis as part of the "Creating a Climate for Change" tour, pushing alternative fuels, environmental issues and wilderness education with the National Outdoor Leadership School.

"All you guys can start your own grass-roots effort," school staff member Riley Hopeman told members of St....

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