PROPANE - An Environmentally Friendly Fuel

The millions of tons of coal burned at coal-fired steam plants in the production of electricity emit toxic sulphur and nitrogen oxides, contributors to the "greenhouse effect" and acid rain. In order for steam plant emissions to meet the standards for clean air set by Environment Canada, the government requires these plants to implement pollution control devices called "scrubbers" to de-sulphur fuel gases. These devices affect the efficiency of the plants, and double the amount of solid wastes they produce.

The emissions that are produced by clean-burning propane easily meet Environment Canada's standards for clean air, and are not as harmful to the environment. With propane's simple molecular composition, propane-fuelled vehicles emit significantly lower levels of toxic emissions, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and nitrogen oxides than gasoline-fuelled vehicles.

Propane meets standards for reducing acid rain and controlling air pollution in urban areas. In fact, the US Clean Air Act Amendments heralds propane as one of the solutions to a cleaner, healthier environment. And since propane vaporizes rapidly, it won't contaminate soil or groundwater.

Environmentally friendly propane is the fuel of choice for many business and municipal fleets. Increasingly, park service vehicles, police cars, school buses and taxis are also converting to propane power. Also deemed a "safe" fuel source, a propane fuel tank is 20 times more puncture-resistant than a typical gasoline or diesel tank.
 

BIODIESEL - An Environmentally Friendly Fuel

Biodiesel is a cleaner burning alternative to fossil fuels. It is produced from domestic renewable resources such as vegetable oils and fats. It is a methyl ester which contains no petroleum, but can be blended in any amount with petroleum diesel or used at 100% concentration.

In North America, virgin soybean and canola oils are the most common sources for biodiesel. Other sources may include recycled bio-oils collected from the food service and fish and meat processing industries. This provides an economic benefit to many local communities, provides a solution for what to do with these already-existing waste products, and decreases our dependence on fossil fuels. There is also a dramatic drop in many of the emissions from petroleum-fuelled vehicles such as carbon dioxide, unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, sulphur and particulate matter, many of which are a cause of climate change, cancer and respiratory disease.

Biodiesel is non-toxic, biodegradable and virtually free of sulphur and aromatics.
Island Moving proudly uses Biodiesel from Columbia Fuels.
 

ISLAND MOVING TRUCKS ARE PROPANE and BIODIESEL FUELLED