Alternative fuels advocate Commissioner Bob Cole is joined by Rural/Metro Ambulance Operations Manager Ken Daughtery while filling up the company's first ambulance to utilize biodiesel fuel. Rural/Metro Ambulance uses 4,000 to 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel per month and plans to slowly phase out regular diesel usage. According to Cole, whose efforts promoting the environmentally-friendly fuel were recently the featured cover story in the national Biodiesel magazine, said, "I appreciate Rural Metro's concern for the environment. This also helps reduce our dependency on foreign oil, improves our air quality, and helps the American Farmer."

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