Fuelling change

摘要

As trucking fleets have looked for ways to reduce their carbon footprint while also slashing their fuel costs, natural gas has commanded most of the attention. And for good reason. A national fuelling network has slowly begun to take shape, a wide variety of natural gas trucks and engines have come to market, and the fuel is abundant and,compared to diesel, inexpensive.There has been a decoupling of the price link between natural gas and diesel, with gas costing about 30 per cent less. That spread is expected to grow, even though there's an expectation that road taxes will eventually be applied to natural gas if the trend towards gas continues. That will invariably close the price gap, but not enough to deter some early adopters from making the switch.