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Pittsfield-Mayor James Ruberto is pleased to announce that the City of Pittsfield is the first municipality in Massachusetts to be using G-Oil, a grade A automotive oil, made from beef tallow, in all municipal light trucks and small engines.
“As part of our widespread efforts to be both environmentally and fiscally responsible, we are using this terrific new product that is 100% biodegradable, and petroleum free,” states the mayor. “And that horrible oil spill down in the Gulf of Mexico reminds us all how we need to find alternatives for fossil fuels.”
The City purchased the oil from Green Planet Products. According to David Buicko of GPP, “the price of our motor oil is a little less than traditional motor oil and it works much better. I’ve had it my car and have not had to change the oil for 12,000 miles.”
According to GET Inc website, G-OIL is the world's first bio-based motor oil to pass the engine test criteria for The American Petroleum Institute (API) SM Certification. Green Earth Technologies' G-OIL is not a re-refined or recycled oil, but a blend of nature's American grown base oils, including beef tallow, with nanotechnology resulting in a bio-based full synthetic motor oil. These saturated fats, whose molecular single-bond carbon chains are similar to common petroleum oils, have no harsh effects on the environment, and cut dependence on foreign oil and offshore drilling.
Click link below to watch video clip featured on news channel 13,
"Cow" oil replaces motor oil in Pittsfield
http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S1633382.shtml?cat=300
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