UPS switching to natural gas for its trucks

Fuel Fix:
UPS trucks powered by renewable natural gas will soon be zooming around Texas.

The multinational shipping giant said Wednesday it is buying 170 million gallon equivalents of renewable natural gas from California-based Clean Energy Fuel Corp. by 2026, the largest commitment of any U.S. company to date to use renewable natural gas, according to UPS.

UPS said its fueling stations in San Antonio, El Paso and Fort Worth, and several other stations in 12 states will fuel UPS delivery trucks with renewable natural gas.

The alternative fuel is produced by taking methane gas released from buried garbage or biomass and processing it into a purified natural gas that can be used as a replacement for traditional transportation fuels.

The deal is part of UPS's strategy to have 40 percent of its ground fleet running on alternative fuels by 2025. The company also has a goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emission from its ground fleet by 12 percent by 2025.

UPS has used more than 28 million gallons of renewable natural gas in its ground fleet since 2014.

The company said that by switching from diesel to renewable natural gas, UPS trucks fueling up at 18 stations will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 1 million metric tons over the next seven years. This is equivalent to planting 17,000,000 trees and removing 228,000 cars off the road, according to UPS.
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It makes more sense than electric vehicles although UPS is looking at that too.  Meanwhile, Los Angelos is piling garbage up on the side of roads.  What is up with that?  Why not take to this company's processing plant?

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