Fuel consumption has always been a key factor for transport engineers, if only because fuel and labour are the two biggest variable costs that operators face. Recent years have seen the focus on fuel redouble, not just for cost reasons, but also because there is an increasing focus on carbon emissions, and large companies (and consequently their subcontractors) are under increasing legislative and moral pressure to 'decarbonise' their activities (see also pp15-16).
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