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OPINION * USA - America needs a more efficient trucking industry
As costs rise for the trucking industry, our costs rise
Milwaukee,WI,USA -The Milwaukee Small Business Times, by F. James Sensenbrenner -June 9, 2008: -- ... Commercial traffic is vital to the American economy, and no industry is more affected by rising energy costs... The additional price of the truckers' fuel raises the price of our food, health care, manufacturing, retail, waste removal and other goods and services ... The answer is not to burden these businesses with additional taxes for the carbon dioxide they
release... Technological advances can mitigate the fuel crisis just as effectively as tax increases. Congress should encourage the development and introduction of technologies that will reduce fuel costs and consumption.In this case, the technologies we need already exist. We just need research to adapt them to the trucking industry. Everyone has seen hybrid cars, which combine gas and electric motors for a powerful and efficient engine. Hybrid technology can be even more effective in trucks, because trucks consume so much more fuel...
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