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Site SearchRaleigh, N.C. — The North Carolina State Fair has gone green. The lights, rides and games are being powered by alternative fuel.
"Every light out here is lit by soybean, bio-diesel fuel,” Charlie Belknap of Powers Great American Midways said. "It's cleaner burning, it's better for the engine, it's better for the environment.”
Twenty percent of the fuel used is made from soy, and nearly 30,000 gallons of it comes from North Carolina farmers.
"If it's going to help the economy around here, I'm all for it," fairgoer Ralph Nicky said.
"I think that's great. I think that's really good. I think it's about time we start using different types of fuel," fairgoer Heidi Pallesen said.
Fair organizers said they tried soy bio-diesel for the first time last year. Then, the fuel only contained 5 percent soy.
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October 17, 2007 12:27 p.m.
I wish that were true, but from what I've read about the subject, and the yields that can be obtained, all our available farmland would not produce enough bio-fuel to supply our current consumption. (And of course we'll still have to eat)
Maybe there will be some technological break throughs that could make this a reality.
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