What’s not to like about lower fuel costs and reduced emissions?

Chuck Coppa and Lyle Jensen with Freightliner Coronado retrofit to run and natural gas and diesel fuel

With diesel prices at all-time highs, the American Power Group Inc. is hoping its dual-fuel approach to heavy-duty trucking results in greater interest among owner-operators and small fleets.

The $25,000 retrofit substitutes one of two diesel tanks on a Class 8 tractor with natural gas and uses software to make the two fuels work together, saving money at the pump and reducing emissions.

APG sees turbocharging natural gas in a diesel engine as an alternative for owner-operators and small fleets...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/whats-not-to-like-about-lower-fuel-costs-and-reduced-emissions

“K” Line installs world-first carbon capture plant aboard a coal carrier; ship en-route to Newcastle, Australia right now

Pictured: carbon dioxide bubbles in liquid. Photo credit: Spiff via Wikipedia

In a world-first, Japanese ocean shipping giant “K” Line has installed a small carbon dioxide (CO2) capture plant aboard one of its coal carriers, the “Corona Utility,” as part of a trial.

Shipping Australia understands that the ship is en-route to Newcastle, Australia and is due just after the middle of August.

Initially, the commissioning and carbon capture performance of the small plant will be monitored by experts...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/k-line-installs-world-first-carbon-capture-plant-aboard-a-coal-carrier/

Nearly 50 people dead after winter storms slam South

Tractor-trailers and cars stuck on side of snowy highway.

After back-to-back winter storms this week, dozens of people in the South have died in car accidents or from carbon monoxide poisoning.

After 6 days of freezing temps in #Austin, it's official: longest cold snap in the city's history (since 1897) w/what looks to be 144 hours in total (ended around 4pm today.) #Waco, now at 187 hours & counting, shattered the record. #DFW at 120 hour mark so far. #TXwx #ATX pic.twitter.com/wOXIMcmvIO

— Burton Fitzsimmons (@Burton_Spectrum) February 19, 2021

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