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FUEL COST TROUBLES * USA - Petrol prices pinching post office
Every time the price of gasoline goes up a penny it costs the Postal Service $8 million
Washington,DC,USA -AP, by RANDOLPH E. SCHMID –14 June 2008: -- ... "We are definitely feeling the pressure," Deputy Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe told... Transportation cost the post office $6.5 billion in 2007, $500 million more than the year before... The post office operates the largest civilian fleet of vehicles in the country — 215,000 motor vehicles — and also faces rising costs for fuel from its contract carriers including truckers and airlines... It's both a matter or costs and usage, Donahoe explained — looking for ways to reduce costs and change use patterns to reduce the need for fuel... It's easier for the post office to raise rates than it used to be — the price of sending a letter went up a penny to 42 cents in May. Another price rise is expected next May, but postage increases are legally limited to the rate of inflation... That limit doesn't seem to apply to fuel costs which now top $4-a-gallon nationwide...
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