Diesel Forum Questions Port of Long Beach Decision, Focus on LNG Trucks
U.S. Newswire, February, 2008
To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: Michael Coates, 1-408-399-9081, or Tom Fulks 1-916- 508-3837, both for Diesel Technology Forum
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Diesel Technology Forum issued the following statement today questioning a recently announced plan by the Port of Long Beach harbor commissioners to replace at least half of current port drayage diesel trucks with trucks powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). At issue is expenditure of public funds and whether there is any advantage of LNG trucks compared with new or retrofitted clean diesel trucks.
California has been at the forefront pushing for cleaner diesel engines and fuels, and the diesel industry and fuel refiners have delivered the first wave of this new cleaner technology. With...
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