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SAVING FUEL * USA - Big rigs ease up on speed to conserve diesel fuel
As the price of diesel fuel goes up, the speed of trucks crossing Iowa is going down
Des Moines,IA,USA -The Des Moines Register, by DAN PILLER -July 10, 2008: -- Trucking companies are adjusting the governors that control the speeds on their rigs from 68 mph to as low as 60 mph in response to a rise in diesel prices from about $2.80 per gallon a year ago to $4.70 in Iowa this month... Truckers said they are slowing to save fuel for the vehicles that seldom get more than six to seven miles per gallon, a strategy that harkens back to the 55-mph speed limits imposed in the U.S. three decades ago in response to the first oil price shocks... Modern truck engines can be computer-controlled to be held below a maximum speed. Murry Fitzer, president of the Florilli Corp. of West Liberty, who is chairman of the Iowa Motor Truck Association, began the year with its engines set at 68 mph, cut the speed to 65 mph in April and now is reducing the speed again to 62 mph... (Photo by CHRISTOPHER GANNON/THE REGISTER - BTI Special Commodities Vice President Bob Kohlwes, left, says the company uses 240,000 gallons of diesel a month. The company's trucks are speed-controlled by a computer to improve fuel economy and cut fuel expenses. William Rinella, right, is one of the drivers) Labels: ideas fuel saving
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