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  2. Health and environmental impact of transport - Wikipedia

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    The average fuel economy for new light-duty vehicles sold in the US of the 2017 model year was about 24.9 MPG giving around 0.36 kg (0.79 lb) of CO 2 per mile. [25] The Department of Transportation's MOBILE 6.2 model, used by regional governments to model air quality, uses a fleet average (all cars, old and new) of 20.3 mpg giving around 0.44 ...

  3. Fuel price risk management - Wikipedia

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    fuel cost calculations risk identification the organization's attitude to risk exposure analysis to fuel price fluctuations scenarios of various hedging strategies 3 Risk treatment implementation of a fuel price risk strategy 4 Monitor and review. An alternative to the above described process is the following: [2] 1 Identify, analyze and ...

  4. Health and environmental impact of the petroleum industry

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    Oil spills may be due to releases of crude oil from tankers, pipelines, railcars, offshore platforms, drilling rigs and wells, as well as spills of refined petroleum products (such as gasoline, diesel) and their by-products, heavier fuels used by large ships such as bunker fuel, or the spill of any oily refuse or waste oil.

  5. Dangerous goods - Wikipedia

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    Dangerous goods are assigned to UN numbers and proper shipping names according to their hazard classification and their composition. Dangerous goods commonly carried are listed in the Dangerous Goods list. [3] Examples for UN numbers and proper shipping names are: 1202 GAS OIL or DIESEL FUEL or HEATING OIL, LIGHT; 1203 MOTOR SPIRIT or GASOLINE ...

  6. Diesel exhaust - Wikipedia

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    Exposure to diesel exhaust and diesel particulate matter (DPM) is an occupational hazard to truckers, railroad workers, occupants of residential homes in the vicinity of a rail yard, and miners using diesel-powered equipment in underground mines. Adverse health effects have also been observed in the general population at ambient atmospheric ...

  7. Diesel Emissions Reduction Act - Wikipedia

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    That bill was the Voinovich-Carper Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010, which was the 3973 bill heard by the 111th Senate. S.3973 was first introduced to the Senate on November 18, 2010, but never made it past the Senate floor. Possibly because The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010 (H.R. 5809) was already making its way in the Senate.

  8. Inerting system - Wikipedia

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    The most common such system is a fuel tank containing a combustible liquid, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation fuel, jet fuel, or rocket propellant. After being fully filled, and during use, there is a space above the fuel, called the ullage, that contains evaporated fuel mixed with air, which contains the oxygen necessary for combustion ...

  9. Diesel exhaust fluid - Wikipedia

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    Diesel exhaust fluid (DEF; also known as AUS 32 and sometimes marketed as AdBlue [3]) is a liquid used to reduce the amount of air pollution created by a diesel engine. Specifically, DEF is an aqueous urea solution made with 32.5% urea and 67.5% deionized water .