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"GREEN" TRUCKS * USA - Truckers hope green options save green in wallet
Milton,PA,USA -AP, by GENARO C. ARMAS -14 July 2008: -- ... So-called "electrified truck stops," along with on-board tools such as auxiliary power units, have drawn interest from some truckers in part to reduce pollution and engine grind from idling and abide by a growing number of anti-idling guidelines nationwide. But lately, drivers like Ken Kafer have increasingly turned to them to also save money with fuel prices at record highs... "I'm saving fuel, engine wear, and I'm getting all the comforts that I need," said Kafer, 42, of Hubert, N.C., during a break at a truck stop in the central Pennsylvania town of Milton on a recent Iowa-to-New York run... Jim Runk, president of the Pennsylvania Motor Trucking Association, said many truckers are using such options now because fuel prices are at a point where "they just can't put up with it"... Environmentalists have long been critical of the pollution emitted by diesel engines, with tractor-trailers among the most common and plentiful source of soot... A report from the Clean Air Task Force, an advocacy group, estimated in 2005 that 21,000 Americans' lives were shortened by particle emissions from diesel engines... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2001 established new rules, including the introduction of cleaner highway diesel fuel in 2006 and requirements for manufacturing truck engines starting in 2007... Once fully enacted, the rules could lead to a reduction in 2.6 million tons of smog-causing nitrogen oxide emissions and prevent 8,300 premature deaths, the EPA has said... After initial resistance from the industry, most truckers are on board with the changes. There's additional impetus these days, with diesel prices pushing $4.70 per gallon...Labels: 'green' trucks
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