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See the all new DonCar Sports Utility Vehicle Coming soon to auto row in your home town!

Replacing the now extinct ...

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A portent of things to come:
"As the price of fuel has risen dramatically over the past year, UPS has worked diligently to maintain normal pricing for customers. We have succeeded for quite some time, but the sustained high level of fuel costs now is significantly impacting our cost to serve you.
We had hoped to avoid any surcharge indefinitely, but we are now forced to implement a temporary 1.25% fuel surcharge on all Air, Ground and International packages tendered to UPS on or after August 7, 2000."
Car
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25 to 50 gross ton miles per gallon
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Airliner
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60 to 65 gross ton miles per gallon
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Bus
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110 to 120 gross ton miles per gallon
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Truck/18 wheeler
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120 to 200 gross ton miles per gallon
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Train
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750 gross ton miles per gallon
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The larger the number, the greater the energy efficiency. For comparison, a two ton car would have to get 375 miles per gallon to equal the energy efficiency of a train.
thanks to James A. Hellams for this chart
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