From the Albert Lea Tribune

The diesel technology program at Riverland Community College is working to bring its students up to speed on new trends toward biofuels. These fuel blends require slightly different ways of managing diesel engines.

With new technology comes changes. Many companies are starting to use biofuels in their vehicles and machines. In turn, this affects how these vehicles and machines are operated and maintained, changing the curriculum needed to educate those who service the vehicles.

Brazil will achieve self-sufficiency in diesel by 2014, the country’s oil giant Petrobras said on Wednesday.

Brazil imports 10 percent of its domestic diesel consumption, or 30,000 diesel barrels a day. The implementation of three refining projects will pave way for self-sufficiency, said Petrobras Director of Supplies Paulo Roberto Costa,

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