U.S. Postal Service Gets 6,500 New Alternative Power Vehicles

autobloggreen.com:

As part of the U.S. General Services Administration's recent $210 million purchase of new vehicles from Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, the U.S. Postal Service is set to replace some 6,500 vehicles from its current fleet with more fuel efficient models.

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Comments

[martynf]

This is more a positive spin story as you say most of the trucks will be E-85 capable and hybrids unless they are plug in are knowhere on the co2 reduction stakes.

my thoughts on this they could try harder on this one but then again no one else is.

[ranchomerced]

Our post man in Denver used to WALK to each house and deposit mail; Oh wait; cant do that. UNOIN THUGS....

[Gasparilla]

There are still lots of routes where delivery is to the house. To my house for one. Most older cities have walking routes still. And the post office determines the mode of delivery, not the union.

[mick7191]

Yeah, it's all the unions fault. Yeesh. republicans.

[quiviran]

Perfect example of greenwashing. The article is in complete disagreement with the headline.

1000 are E-85 Ethanol capable (not necessarily actually using) that has yet to be shown to take less energy to produce than it replaces. It's a net energy sink.

900 Parallel hybrids are so much clap-trap they'll be lucky to keep them running at all, especially when produced by Chrysler.

4600 under-powered gasoline mini-vans aren't alternative to anything.

I was hoping for CNG ICE or series hybrid or all electric. The Postal Service is a natural for a large number all-electric vehicles in their fleet, many short haul trips, limited daily travel distance and access to overnight charging stations. What more likely all-electric target fleet than that?

[hark]

Right on about the electrics. Perfect for them.

Doesn't anyone have any vision in this country?

[KillTheMessenger]

TBP has the his eye set with laser vision on your taxpayer money...

:-)

[martinfrosa]

This is good news. Now if they could just break even in their operations every year instead of requiring a billion dollar plus subsidy from the taxpayers, that would really be something!

[Gasparilla]

There is no subsidy from the taxpayers. And I doubt you complain when United Parcel has raised their rates every year.

[lightningbolt]

This is a good first step. I hope they replace all of their gasoline powered vehicles soon.

[KillTheMessenger]

Great example for "too little, too late".

[gladiator777]

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,944914,00.html

These guys are wrong, wrong, wrong, now the same ones say oh its warming up now.....se­ems like they're computer models are missing something big....per­haps the problem is they can't even predict what the temperature will be in a few days.....

[martynf]

true but that is weather climate is much more predictable, increase the co2 and you increase the overall heat levels.

geological records and ice cores bare that out , the problem is that E-85 and hybrids just don't cut it when it comes to co2 emissions they just get the green lobby off your back for a little while

which for most heavy polluters is all that they want