August 20, 2008
Fuel to Raise Hypermiling
The industry got a look at potential problems in 2007 when government- mandated low-sulfur diesel was introduced and prices soared in some locations by as much as 30 cents a gallon. "A little glitch can create a problem across the entire market," said Edwin S. Rothschild, the energy policy director of Citizen Action, a national consumer group. Government declared that this fuel will definitely increase hypermiling terms.The Northeastern states are susceptible to such disruptions because the refineries along the Delaware River and in New Jersey will supply only about 43 percent of the region's demand for reformulated fuel. The remaining fuel will slowly move up pipelines from Gulf Coast refineries - a three-mile-per-hour trip that takes 19 days - or be shipped in from overseas refineries.