Diesel Will Dominate

摘要

Back in July, trade-press reporters sat in a simple conference room firing questions at Kenworth Truck's national sales manager for specialty vehicles, Andy Douglas. He was hosting a "natural gas summit" at KW's plant in Chillicothe, Ohio, which builds most of the gas-powered trucks that Kenworth sells. Six of them sat outside, waiting for our inspection. As befit the theme, reporters' questions pertained to gas and its use as a fuel for heavy trucks. They also chimed into the hype over natural gas in the general news media. Gas has been the buzz since drilling and production of it has boomed in the shale-rock areas of Pennsylvania and Ohio, and similar formations in Texas.