Courtesy International Business Times by Moran Zhang: America’s dependence on foreign oil has gone down every single year since 2007. In 2010, the U.S. imported less than 50 percent of the oil the country consumed — the first time that’s happened in 13 years — and the trend continued in 2011. The country’s energy bill […]
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Courtesy of TireBusiness.com: Activity by the U.S. trucking industry rose in February for the fourth straight month, according to the latest American Trucking Associations’ truck tonnage index, but ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello cautioned the recovery could slow again for several reasons before picking up later in the year. “Fitting with several other key economic […]
Courtesy of National Geographic by Josie Garthwaite: All along the millions of miles of highways that crisscross North America, wheels are in motion to remake the truck stop. Signs rise like palm trees from these oases for thirsty big rigs, shouting out $4-a-gallon diesel fuel. But this year will mark the first major deployment of […]
Courtesy of Fox News, Denver, by Eli Stokols: Two Coloradans who the Obama Administration had considered for cabinet posts have been passed over: former Gov. Bill Ritter, who was reportedly in the running to be President Obama’s next Secretary of Energy, and current Lieut. Gov. Joe Garcia, who went to the White House in January […]
Mack Trucks has introduced a 12-liter natural gas-powered MACK® Pinnacle™ Axle Back model, offering a liquefied natural gas (LNG) solution for on-highway applications, and built for UPS (NYSE: UPS. The addition of the natural gas-powered Pinnacle expands Mack’s natural gas line-up to the highway segment. Mack already offers natural gas-p owered MACK® TerraPro™ Low Entry and […]
