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* USA - Environmentalists Force Use of Hybrid Trucks
New York,NY,USA -Wall Street Journal (subscription) -9 Oct 2006: -- Holman Jenkins is right to expose the folly of car companies chasing the questionable grail of fuel efficiency ("The Real Market for Fuel Efficiency," Business World, Oct. 4). Unfortunately, the quest for politically correct fuel efficiency is expanding to other sectors of American business... At the FedEx ... Prior to the meeting, FedEx would state only that its hybrid trucksreduced particulate emissions by 96% and increased fuel economy by 57%. ...
* Australia - Visy group enters alliance to trial biodiesel in trucking fleet
Australia -Australasian Bus & Coach -10 Oct 2006: -- Australian renewable energy company Axiom Energy has entered into a strategic alliance with Visy Industrial Packaging to commence commercial trials of biodiesel in its trucking fleet... If successful, Axiom Energy will become the preferred biodiesel supplier for the packaging manufacturer’s trucking fleet... The alliance follows Linfox’s decision last month to commence trials in its trucking fleet with Axiom Energy...
* USA - Fuel For Thought
USA-Forbes/AFX, by Robert Malone -11 Oct. 2006: -- On Sunday, a new, cleaner look is coming to the nation's trucks and buses... Oct. 15 is the date mandated by the U.S. government for the biggest revolution in fuel standards since low-lead gasoline arrived for America's automobiles--the changeover to ultra-low-sulfur diesel... The big switch mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency is designed to reduce soot emissions from diesel engines by 98%...
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