nytimes.com — Mapping out routes for its drivers, drastically reducing the number of left-hand turns they make helped the company shave 28.5 million miles off its delivery routes, which has resulted in savings of roughly three million gallons of gas and has reduced CO2 emissions by 31,000 metric tons.
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polymath22Dec 11, 2007
i am convinced that market forces will eventually force people to make wiser choices. if UPS does this, surely FedEX will too, or risk losing a competitive edge. "a penny saved is a penny earned" means if you make your company more lean then it will be more profitable (and if it saves a s**t-load of carbon from being belched into the atmosphere, all the better.)American consumers have a world-wide reputation for not being able to grasp this concept. remember when the girls paid top dollar for ripped-up blue jeans, or how everyone thought it would be so cool to buy a huge, gas guzzling SUV to take suzy to soccer practice? speaking of market forces, election time means we get to listen to all the politicians talk about taxes. taxes are a given. wisely crafted tax policy is not. in iowa, there is a marijuana tax on the books, but nobody buys the stamp except stamp collectors. how much revenue could iowa realize if they legalized and taxed like they do alcohol and tobacco?
unit134679Dec 13, 2007
Wow. Some special on History or Discovery channel said that this couldn't happen
onestrawplzDec 13, 2007
the only designer denim i've seen (recently) that's come pre-ripped is D&G denim. so no, most "designer denim" is not pre-ripped.you're thinking abercrombie denim, not designer.
heybermanDec 20, 2007
IT could be a big part of the solution in terms of reducing fuel use. We need to think beyond alternative fuels and advanced drivetrains. That will only take us so far. Look at the current status of the hydrogen highway. Nowheresville. We might make some real progress if we put more research and effort in smart roads, transportation systems, personal mobility robots, better public transportation, and the like. And then there's the best transportation invention of all time: the bicycle.
greyspecJan 17, 2008
Huh? When turning from a one-way onto a one-way, obviously!
noodleguyFeb 19, 2008
I did RTFA, I'm replying to zaibatsu. Hence, I used the REPLY button.
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