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Nov 17, 2010

REGULATIONS * USA - GHG regs could do more harm than good

If the restrictions are not cost-effective, many fleets will just avoid purchasing new equipment

West Valley City,UTH,USA -Today's Trucking (CAN) -15 Nov 2010: -- You already know that truck fleets based outside of California who want to do business in that state must comply with California's stringent emissions standards, right?... Some fleets have simply stopped going into California altogether. Others have established a second, more expensive fleet of trucks to operate within California only... Still others are coordinating freight handling in and out of California by relay... According to Kyle Treadway, chairman of the American Truck Dealers (ATD), "each of these choices increases the handling of freight, restricts competition, raises freight rates and ultimately increases fuel consumption per ton/mile" ... And to think California's rule was meant to decrease fuel consumption...  Treadway, was testifying at a joint meeting of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in Chicago when he made the remarks...  He told the commission that if the new federal fuel-consumption guidelines for commercial vehicles are not "appropriate, cost-effective and technologically feasible," they will backfire...  Like, arguably, like California ...  (Photo from blog.fleetowner: )

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