Biodiesel In Toronto

A Trendy Queen Street Filling Station!

Petro Green is an eco friendly filling station in the fashionable Queen St east area of Toronto. Here, Mohammed Gabr sells Canadian made biodiesel to drivers looking to make a difference and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Biodiesel can be used in place of regular diesel in most cars and trucks. This alternative fuel is a blend of low-sulfur diesel fuel and, most commonly, vegetable oil. Biodiesel can be blended with petroleum diesel in any proportion. B100 refers to 100% biodiesel fuel, while B20 references a more common blend of 20% biodiesel and 80% petroleum diesel - this is what's available at Mohamed Gabr's green energy hotspot on the south west corner of Queen and Pape (1001 Queen St East).

Petro Green is a busy place – biodiesel is a hot commodity.

Mohammed Gabr, the manager of the gas station happily answered all my questions, even though he was working hard pumping fuel and making change - he was busy. There were at least two Alpine Roofing trucks waiting at the pumps, and two Dominon  Foods Stores delivery guys were having a conversation about work at the other side of the island. The price of biodiesel at 3pm in the afternoon of Monday June 11th was $101.9 a liter.

 
I snapped some random photos – including a shot of this rather strange sign: High Quality of Canadian Gasoline. What does that mean? What message is really contained in this sign? Is that a subtle call-to-action? Mohammed doesn’t even sell gasoline – he has been selling only biodiesel since the summer of 2006.

 
The B20 biodiesel that Mohammed Gabr sells at Petro Green on Queen East comes from Canada Clean Fuels in Brampton. CCF is the fastest growing fuel oil delivery service in Ontario. This new Canadian energy company provides virgin soy oil-based biodiesel to a range of clients in the southwestern part of the province, primarily municipalities and transit systems including those in Oshawa, Brampton, Burlington and Richmond Hill. Here's where I found out that Toronto Hydro also uses biodiesel in company vehicles, and the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has been using B5 wherever possible for years.

An interesting fact - France is currently the world's largest producer of biodiesel. They have a huge industry and make and use biodiesel as heating oil and also in 50 percent blends with petrodiesel for cars and trucks.

Fuel Ghoul found this handy link to Toronto's Gas Prices while confirming the fact the Mohammed Gabr's Petro Green is the only retailer of Canada Clean Fuel's B20 biodiesel in downtown Toronto. Someday B50 and B100 will be sold everywhere in Canada, and pioneers like Mohammed Gabr and his Petro Green on Queen St E will be remembered as visionaries who played a small part in Canada's battle against climate change.

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[Mr. Joel Maki]

I am currently working to bring to Canada a new tech. known as the Rivera Process. To find out more about this process and the companies, check out press releases: sstp.us

also looking for purchasers in Ontario for cellulosic biodiesel, cellulosic biogasline, or biocrude.

Our products will be marketed as Vertroleum tm products.

Vertroleum is a new term coined for products produced by Rivera Process.

see biofuelsdigest.com