today is the first time they've used biodiesel to run their oil press.ehoundje and the other women, that's another exciting moment and a further step towards independence. >> and that's all we have time for on this edition of "global 3000." thanks for watching and don't forget to join us again next week. for now from me and the whole global team, bye bye! our guest is ambassador pickering. he is former u.s. ambassador to six countries. he was also former u.s. ambassador to the united nations and formatter under secretary of state for political affairs. >> ambassador, it's so good to is it and talk with you. >> thank you, dennis. i'm delighted to be here. >> four decades in the foreign service. when you look at the world today, what do you see? >> big change. some of it not for the good. it's hard to be optimistic. on the other hand, i think over the long term more people are involved in more things. communication has changed and technology is changing. and so in effect what we are seeing like it or not is the growth of more popular influence in the way c

we have seen our increases shifting really to the areas of biodiesel over the past few years, so the not to exceed amount really is not for each specific type, but it allows for spending and the various categories, and so as mta for example shifts more -- who happens to be our largest user of bio diesel shifts more to that. we are in effect reaching our goals or moving towards our goals in terms of using cleaner types of fuels also. we also do -- try to use more electric vehicles and other alternative fuel vehicles, hybrids, but those uses are minor in comparison to say mta or the fire department. >> okay. thank you. and maybe that's something that the budget analyst can touch upon in his report whether under this act the kind of shift we're making in the fuel usage is actually consistent and how we're utilizing alternative fuels. >> mr. rose why don't we go to your budget analyst report please. mr. chairman and members of the committee as shown in table one that is on page 47 of our report there's a projected quantity of 7.6 million dollars -- closer to 7.7 million gallons of fuel.

today is the first time they've used biodiesel to run their oil press.ehoundje and the other women, that's another exciting moment and a further step towards independence. >> and that's all we have time for on this edition of "global 3000." thanks for watching and don't forget to join us again next week. for now from me and the whole global team, bye bye!