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May 24, 2013

FUEL DELIVERY * Canada

* Ontario / Canada - Bluewave Energy 'Ready to Roll' with automated fleet fueling service

(Photo: Staff gathered outside Bluewave Energy's Richmond Hill, Ont. facility for the official launch of the company's Ready to Roll automated fleet fueling service earlier today)
Richmond Hill,ONT,CAN -Truck News, by Adam Ledlow -17 May 2013: -- Bluewave Energy is looking to turn fleets’ downtime into uptime with its new “Ready to Roll” automated fueling service... Willie Rouse, vice-president of commercial fuels for Bluewave’s Eastern division, says the service is intended to save fleets both time and money by avoiding the hassle and risk associated with on-site fuel storage, eliminating the need to travel to fueling stations, and maximizing efficiency by fueling up during fleet downtime – often overnight... At present, the service is rolling out in Toronto, but officials at Parkland Fuel Corporation, Bluewave’s parent company, say expansion across Canada is slated for the future...

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May 21, 2010

Economy Improvement * USA - EPA Says Fuel Practices Can be Outdated

EPA fuel economy estimates on new car window are estimate based on rigorous certification process for vehicle

Detroit,MICH,USA -The Detroit Bureau -May 13, 2010: -- Conventional fuel economy wisdom often wrong says EPA, tasked w/ regulating mileage under CAFÉ standards. Says some of most knowledgeable enthusiasts / experts may get it wrong because of changing technology... Modern engines regulate air-fuel mixture so well that dirty air filter does not decrease fuel economy... Manual did better than automatics, but latest automatics lighter and more efficient... W/ lock-up torque converters that reduce losses, especially at highway speeds... 2011 Ford Mustang V6 is notable example, rated at 31 mpg highway w/ automatic gearbox, 29 mpg w/ manual... Among other misconceptions, EPA notes that idling cold car only wastes fuel...

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Dec 8, 2009

Fuel Economy * USA - Drives buyer satisfaction

Westlake Village,CAL,USA -Today's Trucking -8 Dec 2009: -- The fuel economy of 2007 medium-duty truck engines has driven up owner satisfaction compared with that of the 2006 model-year, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Medium-Duty Truck Engine and Transmission Customer Satisfaction Study... According to the study, 2007 model-year engines on medium-duty trucks has higher fuel economy than the 2006 models, with class 6 trucks averaging 9.4 miles per gallon, versus 8.8 miles per gallon last year. While class 5 and 7 saw less fuel economy gains, on average, fuel economy was improved by five of the seven medium-duty engine manufacturers from 2008... The fuel economy factor made these engines more appealing to customers because of the cost of ownership, J.D. Power said...

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Sep 25, 2008

FUEL COST SOLUTIONS * USA - Senate Passes Energy Measure

Trucking Seeks ‘Comprehensive Solution’

Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -24 Sept 2008: -- The Senate approved a bill that would provide tax credits for renewable energy and energy efficiency, the Associated Press reported, and a top trucking official urged Congress to pass comprehensive measures to help lower fuel costs... The energy tax credits were part of a bigger tax bill that included business and personal tax credits, and now travels to the House for final consideration, AP said... Meanwhile, a trucking executive speaking on behalf American Trucking Associations urged Congress and the Bush administration to implement a comprehensive energy plan to help ensure affordable supply of oil and limit the effect of rising fuel costs on the overall economy...

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Sep 17, 2008

FUEL SHORTAGE SOLUTIONS * USA - House Passes Energy Bill Allowing More Offshore Drilling

Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -17 Sept 2008: -- The House late Tuesday approved a bill that legislation that would open more offshore areas for oil and oil and natural gas drilling, pending states’ approval, the Associated Press reported... So far, the Senate has indicated it will not go as far as the House in expanding drilling beyond the western Gulf of Mexico, where energy companies have been pumping oil and gas for decades, AP reported... At least two proposals being crafted in the Senate would allow drilling in some areas along the southern Atlantic from Virginia to Georgia. But the Pacific coast and remainder of the Atlantic seaboard would not be affected, AP said...

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Jul 15, 2008

SUGGESTIONS * USA - ATA presents, to control fuel costs

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) made an appeal to Congress, to implement a number of measures aimed at ensuring an affordable fuel supply for the trucking industry and US consumers

Washington,DC,USA -Truck News (CAN) -14 July 2008: -- ... One of the ATA's suggestions is for the US government to more closely monitor "excessive speculation" which the group says is "contributing to the rapid increase in the price of oil"... The association's other suggestions include: establishing a national diesel fuel standard; allowing for the environmentally-responsible exploration of oil-rich areas in the US; allowing oil companies to tap into the vast resources of crude resources in oil shale and tar sands in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah; continuing to fund the EPA SmartWay program; limiting truck speeds to 68 mph through speed limiter legislation; setting a national speed limit of 65 mph; requiring states to grant a weight exemption for APUs; and suspending collection of the 12% federal excise tax on fuel purchased by carriers to operate APUs...

* Bush Lifts Executive Ban on Offshore Oil Drilling - Move Would Still Need Congressional Approval

Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topìcs -14 July 2008: -- President Bush Monday lifted an executive order banning offshore oil drilling, but the move still needs congressional action to take effect... The president called on Congress to repeal a 1981 law banning additional offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf... “The executive ranch’s restrictions have been cleared away,” Bush said, calling on Congress to act on allowing more domestic oil exploration as a means to boost supply and reduce prices... The president also called on Congress to allow drilling in prohibited sections of Alaska and to boost oil shale development and U.S. refining capacity, he said in a brief televised statement...

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Jun 26, 2008

FUEL COST SOLUTION * Hungary - Government promises to help truckers with high diesel prices

Budapest,Hungary -The Associated Press/The Trucker (USA) -25 June 2008: -- Hungary’s leader said Wednesday the government will help truck drivers and transportation companies with the high price of diesel fuel... Recently, Hungary asked the European Union for permission to lower the excise tax on diesel fuel for commercial use from 85 forints ($0.56) a liter to 75.8 forints ($0.50) a liter... But if the EU fails to make a decision on Hungary’s request by the end of the year, or rejects the plea, the government has said it will introduce tax cuts or other measures to help cut truckers’ costs. It also has pledged to lift bans on commercial trucks using highways over the weekend... The Clean Air Action Group, an environmental organization, criticized the government’s promises, saying truck pollution causes global warming and that truckers already are receiving too many government subsidies...

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Jun 17, 2008

FUEL COST SOLUTION * Thailand - Truckers may get cheap fuel

Truck operators may get cheaper diesel in response to their threats to halt operations next week

Bangkok,Thailand -The Bangkok Post, by YUTHANA PRAIWAN -16 June 2008: -- ... Energy Minister Poonpirom Liptapanlop said that since the government had knocked three baht a litre off the price of diesel for fishery, farm and bus operators, truckers deserved a break as well... Trucking fleet operators could seek assistance through the Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO), pending the outcome of further talks this week... The four refineries affiliated with majority state-owned PTT Plc are allocating a total of 122 million litres per month of cheap diesel to the three affected sectors until September, said Chavalit Pichalai, the EPPO deputy director-general... He says that around 90 million litres a month could be made available for trucks, but it would hardly cover the thousands of diesel trucks across the country...

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Jun 12, 2008

CUTING DUTIES * Italy - Pledges 107 mln euros for truckers mainly via cut in motorway tolls

Milan,Italy -Thomson Financial/Forbes (NY,USA) -10 June 2008: -- Italy infrastructure minister Altero Matteoli has allocated 107 million euros of state funds to help truckers, with 90 percent of the funds going on lower motorway tolls, his ministry said... The government has launched further talks with trucking representatives on easing the impact of higher fuel costs. Matteoli officials said a cut in duties on diesel fuel is one option... 'I have signed the directive to allow for a reduction in motorway tolls,' said Matteoli in a statement, noting the toll cuts will be steepest for the least polluting commercial vehicles... These first measures target help to truckers whose activities are penalised by the rise in fuel prices,' he said...

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Jun 5, 2008

Believe it or not * Louxembourg/Europe - There’s a benefit to high gasoline prices

Louxembourg -The New Europe -2 June 2008: -- Environmentalists say the soaring costs mean drivers are being pushed more toward eco-friendly “Green” cars that emit fewer emissions and get higher gas mileage, even if they cost more initially. Auto manufacturers are also driving themselves toward more fuel-efficient cars and hybrid cars, like the Toyota Prius, which can also use electric power... And while Europeans have long been used to high gasoline prices and modified their driving habits toward smaller cars, and drive shorter distances than in the US, americans are scrambling toward more fuel-efficient and smaller cars too. A survey in the US state of Illinois found that more people are willing to pay more to drive green. The poll found that 89 percent of respondents supported legislation to stiffen fuel-efficiency standards even if it meant paying USD 1,000 more for a car, provided they would make up the difference within two years by using less gas. The poll came before a pending vote in the Illinois House over whether to tighten standards on gas consumption for vehicles...

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May 30, 2008

FUEL COST SOLUTIONS WORLDWIDE * Indonesia - It would withdraw from OPEC

Fundamentals of supply and demand no longer apply to oil markets. According to the U.S. government, the law of supply and demand is no longer working when it comes to oil markets

Yakarta,Indonesia -Reuters/Land Line Magazine/Bloomberg/The New York Times -May 29, 2008: -- ... Most OPEC members would like to see lower prices, but there is little they can do as the market is responding to factors beyond supply and demand, a senior Gulf OPEC source told Reuters... If those fundamentals dictated the price, oil would cost around $60 to $70 a barrel, the source said... The Wall Street Journal reported that fresh information from the U.S. Department of Energy shows that the amount of oil shipped by the world’s top exporters actually fell by 2.5 percent last year. At the same time, global demand was up sharply, and the price of oil shot up nearly 60 percent... On Thursday, May 29, oil prices were falling in New York trading while the price of diesel remained at a national average of $4.74 a gallon, unchanged from Tuesday... Also on Thursday, Indonesia’s energy minister, Purnomo Yusgiantoro, was scheduled to sign a decree withdrawing his country from OPEC, according to media reports. Indonesia was the only Southeast Asian country in OPEC. The country will save about $3.1 million in annual membership fees, but that isn’t the primary reason for its withdrawal... Bloomberg reported that aging oil fields and declining production have combined with increasing demand to tip Indonesia’s oil import-export equation to the import side. The nation, a member since 1962, has been considering leaving the body for the past three years...

* Philippines - VAT on oil to stay – DOF. Instead, they have decided to look for other ways to cushion the impact of rising oil prices on consumers

Manila,Philippines -The Philippine Star, by IRIS GONZALES -27 May 2008: -- Finance Secretary Margarito Teves and other economic managers have rejected a proposal to scrap the value-added tax (VAT) on oil. Instead, they have decided to look for other ways to cushion the impact of rising oil prices on consumers... The Department of Finance (DOF) estimates that VAT on oil will yield an additional P18 billion this year if the price of oil continues to hover at $100 per barrel... Economic managers want to allocate the estimated P18-billion "windfall" collected from VAT on oil this year to various sectors, Teves added... Teves said among the proposals being considered is to use the revenue to subsidize transport groups or to fund food subsidies for the poor...

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May 26, 2008

FUEL COSTS SOLUTION * Philippines - Villar backs public transport subsidies amid oil crisis

Senate President Manuel Villar asked the government to subsidize transportation costs

Manila,Philippines -The Philippine Daily Inquirer, by Dona Pazzibugan -26 May 2008: -- Senate President Manuel Villar has joined calls for government to ease the impact of skyrocketing prices of petroleum products by subsidizing transportation costs... Instead of calling for a suspension of the 12 per cent value added tax (VAT) imposed on petroleum products, Villar asked the government to subsidize transportation costs by making use of proceeds from the expanded value-added tax... He said the government could afford to give such a subsidy since it stood to earn in 2008 an additional P18 billion from VAT due to the surge in oil prices in the world market... Oil firms have announced they would increase their pump prices weekly to recover their losses... (Video from YouTube, by PogimonXp - January 27, 2008: "Truck Moving Backwards! No Camera Tricks" - Truck Moving Backwards! No Camera Tricks captured at Carmenville Angeles City Philippines)

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FUEL COSTS SOLUTIONS * USA - Truckers go for gas-saving tech

Route planning. Stramlined designs. Better tires. Can Boost a Semi's Mileage

Los Angeles,CAL,USA -Los Angeles Times, by Ken Bensinger -25 May 2008: -- ... Engineers and manufacturers furiously are developing new fuel-friendly technology. And commercial fleets are using high-tech software to calculate every aspect of their drivers' routes, down to where they should fill up and where they should stop for the night... Because of short supply, the price of diesel has risen more than twice as much as gasoline in the past year, selling at well over $4 a gallon. With little hope of a near-term decline - oil hit a record $135.09 a barrel Thursday - the run-up is causing panic and prompting radical cultural and technological shifts in the struggling trucking industry... Instead of obsessing over chrome trim or the latest cab amenities to ease life on the road, truck owners and operators fed up with getting 5 mpg are delving into long-ignored subjects like aerodynamics, slower cruising speeds and more efficient tires... Several manufacturers are making hybrid trucks, which capture braking energy to boost mileage, making them perfect for vehicles like garbage trucks that make frequent stops. Earlier this month, the Port of Los Angeles unveiled a fully electric truck it helped develop that's capable of towing shipping containers as far as 30 miles on a single charge... Kambiz Salari, a fluid dynamics engineer at California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has spent the past decade developing inventions that increase fuel economy - including a giant fan behind the cab that reduces drag-creating turbulence. None has been adopted commercially, but this year the U.S. Department of Energy is offering grants to trucking companies that will test those devices on their fleet. "Fuel costs are bringing attention to our research," he said... "This industry is changing," said Bob Weber, the International engineer. "Ten mpg is now feasible."...

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May 21, 2008

Gas Saving Tips * USA - New Web site gives ones

Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News/Auto Briefs -21 May 2008: -- Automakers, Wal-Mart , the Environmental Protection Agency and the oil industry joined forces Tuesday to try to convince Americans to save gasoline by driving smarter. The groups unveiled a Web site, drivesmarterchallenge.org, designed to convince drivers to save fuel... Among their ideas: Take heavy items (like a set of golf clubs) out of the trunk. Taking 100 pounds out of a trunk can improve fuel efficiency by 2 percent. Reduce speed. Speeding, rapid acceleration and rapid braking can reduce gas mileage by 33 percent on the highway...

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May 15, 2008

FUEL COST SOLUTION * USA - Congress approves bills to stop oil diversion to SPR

Diversion of oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve suffered a one-two punch from Congress when both chambers voted to stop adding more $100-plus a barrel oil to the stockpile

Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Jami Jones -May 14, 2008: -- ... Legislators in both the House of Representatives and the Senate approved with overwhelming majorities putting an end to pouring more oil into the reserve – until the end of the year... The House approved HR6022, the “Strategic Petroleum Reserve Fill Suspension and Consumer Protection Act of 2008,” with a vote of 385-25... Bush still hasn’t agreed to hold off on filling the reserve – even though it’s nearly at capacity. In fact, that proposal may become a reality – but not because the White House agreed to it. President Bush has threatened to veto any legislation that would impose a moratorium... At this point, for the legislation to take effect, the two chambers have to roll their individual legislative efforts into one bill and send it to the president for a signature. If the president vetoes, as he has threatened to do, the legislation will be sent back to Congress. At that point, the two chambers can override the veto with the two-thirds majority votes...

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