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1、2013年职称英语考试辅导资料综合类阅读判断试题-Biodiesel2013年职称英语考试时间是2013年3月30日，根据职称英语考试规律，2013年职称英语考试报名时间工作预计在2012年11月份中下旬展开。Biodiesel生物柴油YuthachaiofThailandhasinventedahome-grownalternativetoexpensiveimporteddiesel,abiodieselderivedfromvegetableoil.BiodieseliswinningpoliticalbackinginThailandbecauseitusescoconutan
2、dpalmoil,bothofwhichareinpriceslumps,anditlimitstherelianceonoverseaspetroleumsource,whichhavebecomeincreasinglyexpensive.Yuthachai,56,haspatentedhiscoconut-oilfuel-makingprocess.Hedevelopedhisbiodiesel18yearsago,usingknowledgehegainedfromworkingonaplantationandfixingfarmmachinery.Henowsellshisf
3、uelatservicestations,butrefusestosellhispatent,despiteattractiveoffersfromoverseasoilfirms.Heisdeterminedtoretaincontrolofhisformulaandkeepitaccessibletofarmers,sotheycanmaketheirownfuel.Thereareseveralformulationsofbiodiesel,butYuthachai’sisoneofthemostbasic,using20partscrudecoconutoiltoonepart
4、kerosene.Itrequiresonlysimple,affordabletechnologytomakeandworksinunmodified,slow-runningengines.Despitethepublicinterestinbiodiesel,thegovernmenthasbeencautiousaboutYuthachai’sfuel.Sincethereiscurrentlynoregulatorysystemforvegetable-oilfuels,Yuthachaifuelcannotbeusedinregularvehicles.Butfarmers
5、andferryoperatorsaremoreenthusiastic,buying700,000litersadayofbiodieselmadefromcrudevegetableoilstorunfarmmachinesandboats.Demandisgrowing:Aliterofbiodieselis4—6UScentscheaperthandiesel.Accordingtosomescientists,thebiodieselproducedfromcrudecoconutoilmaynotrunthroughenginesaseasilyasdiesel,andfa
6、tty-aciddepositscandamageenginesinthelongrun.Asolutionmaysooncomefromusingwastecookingoil.AnexperimentalbiodieselplanttorefinethewasteoilisbeingbuiltinThailand.Theplantwillshowthebiodiesel-makingpotentialof60,000tonnesofwastecookingoilthatBangkokgeneratesdaily.OtherAsiancountrieshavebeenresearch
7、ingbiodiesel—Malaysia,andthePhilippinesfor20years—butThailandisthefirstcountrytohavepublicpolicysupportingitscommercialization.Thattrendlookslikecontinuing,withthegovernmentintalkswithaU.S.companytobuildamoreadvancedplantinT
