Terry Simpson

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Terry Simpson

"We decided to start out with just one of our fueling locations so that we could get data comparisons between the new fuel and the regular diesel," said Terry Simpson, director of transportation.Twenty-two of the system's 110 buses were involved.No change in operation has been noticed. The system started with a 95-5 percent mixture of diesel fuel to chicken fat and will increase the mixture of chicken fat by 5 percent with each new fuel delivery until a mixture of 80/20 is reached."We will then analyze the performance of the buses over a six-month period.If everything works as planned, we will then take the rest of the fleet to the new fuel," Simpson said.

It can reduce them up to 90 percent and when you're around school children, that's real important," said Terry Simpson of the Floyd County Schools Transportation Department.

In Georgia, Terry Simpson, transportation director of the Floyd County School District, said he was testing biodiesel fuel to see whether blends of 5 percent to 20 percent chicken fat were more efficient.

Economists say that prices have been driven up by oldest equation of all--global demand outpacing the supply, compounded by unease in the Middle East and a lack of new refineries for processing oil into gasoline.

"We decided to start out with just one of our fueling locations so that we could get data comparisons between the new fuel and the regular diesel," stated Terry Simpson, director of transportation.

"We decided to start out with just one of our fueling locations so that we could get data comparisons between the new fuel and the regular deisel," stated Terry Simpson, director of transportation.The school system operates a fleet of 125 buses with 22 currently using the fuel mixture in the Coosa area.

The system has started out with a 95/5% mixture of diesel fuel to chicken fat and will increase the mixture of chicken fat by 5% with each new fuel delivery until a mixture of 80/20% is reached."We will then analyze the performance of the buses over a six month period, if everything works as planned, we will then take the rest of the fleet to the new fuel," Simpson added.

Terry Simpson

In Georgia, Terry Simpson, transportation director of the Floyd County School District, said he was testing biodiesel fuel to see whether blends of 5 percent to 20 percent chicken fat were more efficient.

Economists say that prices have been driven up by oldest equation of all -- global demand outpacing the supply, compounded by unease in the Middle East and a lack of new refineries for processing oil into gasoline.

The Floyd County School District in Georgia covers approximately 520 square miles, has about 10,000 students, uses 134 buses, and consumes about 1,400 gallons of fuel each day transporting students to and from school, according to Terry Simpson, transportation director for the district.

Terry Simpson, transportation director for Georgia's Floyd County School District, said the total annual fuel budget in his small district is $250,000.That budget has increased by one-quarter since the last academic year.

Floyd County already has been forced to give up all unnecessary field trips, and also has forbidden drivers from allowing their buses to idle.But Simpson said he does not yet know how much money his district has saved by implementing those changes.

Round Rock's Roberts said his department has used a combination of software programs to help cut costs: GIS software from Transfinder Inc. to redesign bus routes for greater route efficiency, and fleet maintenance software from Versatrans Solutions for inventory, preventive maintenance, and better fuel efficiency.