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Construction Equipment
Western Global’s new EnviroCube jobsite fuel tank boasts benefits over round tanks
The tanks can be used for onsite fuel supply, bulk fuel storage and refueling. The tanks also save on downtime and allow contractors to buy fuel in bulk.
June 19, 2018
Roadbuilding
Fuel prices could hit four-year highs this summer
Regular gasoline is predicted to average almost $3.00 which would be the highest average "summer price" for gasoline in four years, AASHTO reports. Details here.
May 15, 2018
Construction Equipment
Diesel prices down 16 cents in last 4 weeks
The national average price for a gallon of on-highway diesel fell another 4 cents in the week ended April 6, according to the Department of Energy’s weekly report, extending its string of consecutive weekly drops to four. The U.S.’ average price, now at $2.784, has fallen 16 cents since the week ended April 6. The […]
April 10, 2015
Roadbuilding
Your Swine Airlines flight is ready for departure
This is a fact: Gas taxes go up. All across the country they go up. Despite what you might think from listening to Washington politicians, they do go up. This week they go up. And they go up for a variety of reasons. But they go up. For politicians elected to national office to dig […]
July 1, 2013
Roadbuilding
The cost of gasoline: Them and us
Now this is a fun table to play with. I’m all for this sort of interactivity if I know how to work it and it is not built solely for software developers, MBAs and chess champions. Bloomberg looks at countries around the world and tell us in data from each country (a) the average price […]
June 25, 2013
Roadbuilding
The Family Gasoline Bill: Scarcity trumps efficiency
Americans spend a relatively small part of their income on gasoline. But it’s unlikely to get any smaller. It was just a bit less than 4 percent of income before taxes in 2012, the highest in nearly three decades. Consider that the percentage has remained fairly near this number for some years, and that the […]
June 12, 2013
Business
10 weeks of declines snapped, but diesel prices expected to continue to fall
A 10-week streak of decreases in the price of on-highway diesel fuel was snapped this week as the national average rose 2 cents to $3.86 per gallon. However, the Department of Energy, which compiles the price data, has forecast that diesel prices will continue to fall. According to this week’s price data, diesel prices are […]
May 14, 2013
Roadbuilding
Young Americans are driving less
Though traffic congestion has been on the rise since January, vehicle miles driven in America are nowhere near their pre-recession levels. In fact, according to a Frontier Group report, Americans drove about 6 percent fewer miles per year in 2011 than in 2004. The report points to young Americans as top drivers of the trend, […]
April 25, 2013
Roadbuilding
Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus
What is interesting — and hopeful — is that some significant voices from America’s business community are putting forth the notion that increasing the fuel tax can help us solve some short-term and long-term problems.
July 7, 2011
Roadbuilding
Diesel, gas continue to rise
The Department of Energy reported Monday that diesel prices rose 4.4 cents to a $3.976 per gallon national average. Gasoline also increased, rising to $3.684 cents per gallon, an 8.8-cent increase over the previous week. Compared with figures from the same week last year, diesel has risen more than 96 cents and gas has registered […]
April 5, 2011
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Diesel, gas continue to rise
The Department of Energy reported Monday that diesel prices rose 4.4 cents to a $3.976 per gallon national average. Gasoline also increased, rising to $3.684 cents per gallon, an 8.8-cent increase over the previous week. Compared with figures from the same week last year, diesel has risen more than 96 cents and gas has registered […]
April 5, 2011
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