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| A fleet of buses in Berkshire looks set to be run on sugar beet fuel - in an attempt to cut carbon dioxide and other harmful emissions. | A fleet of buses in Berkshire looks set to be run on sugar beet fuel - in an attempt to cut carbon dioxide and other harmful emissions. |
| Six million passengers who use the busy Tilehurst to Reading route each year could be travelling on 14 buses run on bio-ethanol from March 2008. | |
| The fuel, derived from a renewable source of sugar beet in East Anglia, proved successful during recent trials. | The fuel, derived from a renewable source of sugar beet in East Anglia, proved successful during recent trials. |
| The scheme is expected to get backing from councillors on Monday. | |
| "We need to be careful about using easy fixes to the long-term fuel question," Steve Waite, lead councillor for environment and consumer affairs, said. | |
| "That is why we need to know where the fuel is coming from and the local implications. This scheme is using only bi-products of sugar beet from UK sources and is a welcome addition." | "That is why we need to know where the fuel is coming from and the local implications. This scheme is using only bi-products of sugar beet from UK sources and is a welcome addition." |