{"id":49460,"date":"2024-07-19T14:30:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T13:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=49460"},"modified":"2024-07-19T14:30:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T13:30:10","slug":"new-efficiency-standards-for-heavy-trucks-could-boost-energy-use-study-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/new-efficiency-standards-for-heavy-trucks-could-boost-energy-use-study-says\/49460\/","title":{"rendered":"New efficiency standards for heavy trucks could boost energy use, study says"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is a result of regulations making heavy trucks cheaper. Therefore, more shippers will likely switch from using less energy-intensive rail transportation to using more energy-intensive trucks to ship goods.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were surprised to see how big of an impact the change in shipping decisions has on our energy use,\u201d said Jonathan Hughes, the paper\u2019s corresponding author and professor in the Department of Economics at CU Boulder.<\/p>\n