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Think global warming—all the time
By John Martin
February 16, 2010
We should approach fleet operation as if global warming legislation was already in effect, because it makes good business sense. Some of the things we...
Is your oil “swelling?”
By John Martin
January 21, 2010
Recently, I was contacted by a reader who thought his oil might be “swelling,” because he got dipstick readings above the full mark imme...
Lessen dependency and add incentives
By John Martin
January 4, 2010
Oil refiners made less money in the third quarter of this year. Most of them reported approximately half of the profits they made in the same period...
"Greentech" is in our best interest
By John Martin
November 18, 2009
From a scientist’s point of view it’s refreshing to observe all of the recent interest in alternative fuels that was supposed to have ...
Oil industry trends
By John Martin
October 20, 2009
For more than fifty years, crude oil refiners based long-range planning on the fact that gasoline demand and lube oil consumption would increase eve...
A full range of retrofit alt-fuel vehicles
By John Martin
September 22, 2009
A new program to retrofit walk-in van chassis with hybrid-electric systems is one of Freightliner's latest alternative-powered vehicle offerings.
Going green, I mean REALLY green
By John Martin
September 22, 2009
These days everyone seems anxious to jump on the “green” bandwagon
Exhaust emissions, fuel economy and global warming
By John Martin
August 14, 2009
A recent local newspaper editorial made the comment that global warming isn’t real.
Biofuel and fuel economy developments
By John Martin
July 17, 2009
There has been tremendous focused on alternative fuels, CO2 and fuel economy lately
Government is at it again
By John Martin
June 16, 2009
A lot has happened since I spoke about alternate fuels at the 2007 TMC annual meeting
Kudos to WalMart
By John Martin
May 18, 2009
Opinion is always divided about Wal-Mart, one of the world’s largest retailers
Fuel efficiency:alternatively powered vehicles
By Seth Skydel
May 15, 2009
While diesel is expected to remain the dominant fuel type used in commercial vehicles for the foreseeable future, truck and engine manufacturers are a...
Biodiesel making strides
By John Martin
April 14, 2009
In previous columns I’ve mentioned the fact that biodiesel fuels make sense for a variety of reasons––unlike corn-based ethanol
Boosting Fuel Efficiency
By Seth Skydel
March 13, 2009
By focusing on better ways to achieve fuel economy, SharpTransport lans to survive and thrive in the current economy
Urea is coming, urea is coming
By John Martin
March 13, 2009
Like it or not, 2010 trucks will utilize urea in theirselective catalytic reduction (SCR) emissions control systems.
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