A little good news for a change
11-12-2008, 05:47 PM
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The company has also invested in a number of fuel efficiency initiatives, including:
- The acquisition of Boeing 777 aircraft to provide greater payload capacity, while using 18 percent less fuel than the MD-11 aircraft currently in operation. These aircraft are expected to significantly reduce carbon emissions.
- The replacement of Boeing 727 aircraft currently in our fleet with Boeing 757s. This aircraft replacement program, which began last August, is expected to result in a reduction of more than 350,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions annually.
- The Fuel Sense program, which is comprised of more than 30 jet-fuel efficiency initiatives that range from improvements in flight planning to aircraft operation efficiencies.
- Replacement of aircraft power with ground power when a plane is at the gate, saving almost 3.8 million liters of fuel per month.
- Reduce aircraft carbon dioxide emissions 20 percent by 2020 on a pounds-per-available-ton- mile basis. Such emissions have decreased by 3.7 percent in the past 3 years.
- Improve FedEx Express vehicle fuel efficiency 20 percent by 2020, thereby reducing CO2 emissions. Such fuel economy has improved by 13.7 percent in the past 3 years.
- Expand on-site renewable energy generation and continue our goal of 25,000 megawatt-hours through procurement of renewable energy credits. To date, FedEx has exceeded its goal of 25,000 megawatt-hours of renewable energy credits procured and has generated more than 1,000 megawatt-hours of on-site solar energy.
11-12-2008, 06:04 PM
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11-12-2008, 07:38 PM
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"Carbon emissions" are 'strictly' a FIGMENT of the mind of AlGorbasim. Global Warming is a political MYTH!
We are in the early stages of the next Ice Age. Google 'sunspots', dude!
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