"They're going to lose as much on the diesel fuel contracts over time as they make," he said of Burlington Northern.
The future of those orders may be up in the air if Daimler switches the Ram truck contract to Detroit Diesel, of which it owns 30%.
It is not coincidence, for example, that one in eleven LA County children suffers from asthma, that cancer clusters exist in low-income communities across the state and that in a city like Commerce, you are 140% more likely to contract cancer from diesel soot than people in the rest of LA.
But unlike gas and diesel, there is no forward contracting for E85 fuel, Ms. Joyce said.
United Auto Workers members at DaimlerChrysler's Detroit Diesel plant have ratified a new contract that includes signing bonuses, improved benefits and more engine work at the facility, the UAW said Monday.
For the past few years it has been retrofitting old diesel buses into electric vehicles, winning contracts with transit authorities across the US.
The owner of Britain's energy network is gearing up to buy more power from suppliers to ensure the country's lights stay on, with polluting diesel generators among the providers vying for contracts.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority completed a contract this month to buy 20 diesel locomotives to replace equipment that had been scheduled to be retired in 2005.
The transit agency rushed into its agreement, with Sprague Energy, after it had received no bids on a proposed contract to deliver the custom-made diesel fuel it uses, which is designed to minimize pollution.
Finally, the logistics of refilling hydrogen tanks at remote locations remains a concern for buyers, who already have contracts with diesel-fuel or led-battery resuppliers.
