The price of gasoline is expected to continue to fall over the next several weeks as something like an old fashioned price war not seen in nearly 50 years breaks out in the global petroleum markets.
The average price for a gallon of gasoline is now $2.955 cents per gallon, according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gage as the price of gasoline dropped by almost a penny. Last month, Americans were paying $3.289 cents per gallon.
Frito-Lay, a large company with an equally large fleet, makes the switch to alternative fuel in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and conserve fuel. After switching to electric and propane powered vehicles through the largest among the U.S. Department of Energy’s nearly 100 Clean Cities coalitions, Clean Fuels Ohio, they have dramatically improved their carbon footprint.
Fleet efficiency is critical to a national convenient foods producer like Frito-Lay. The company and its parent PepsiCo, have committed to an aggressive plan to conserve fuel and reduce emissions of its delivery trucks and sales cars.
Everyone’s seen a cop driving like a jerk: Double parking and blocking traffic. Cruising down the highway way beyond the speed limit, with no suspect to run down. Blatantly texting while driving. Pulling the old turn-on-the-siren-just-long-enough-to-run-the-red-light trick. And for anyone who’s fantasized about making a citizen’s arrest of one of their city’s finest, police departments soon will be able to track how their cops are driving, and when they’re behaving badly.
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Climate Change Deniers 1, Planet 0
One consequence of the U.S. Senate’s looming Republican rule is that Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) is tipped to chair the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. A staunch climate change denier, and author of the book The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future, the timing of his ascension to head this powerful committee portends a serious challenge to efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions. This article in Tuesday's New York Times gives some insight into the tactics afoot.
The U.N’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently released the fourth and final volume of their climate assessment – which is stark and foreboding. “Science has spoken. There is no ambiguity in their message. Leaders must act. Time is not on our side,” said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. What can we do? Hold our elected officials accountable -- our kids and grandkids deserve no less from us.
Janice Sutton
Executive Editor