Leaving the Era of Oil Behind

Tomorrow's Trucks: Leaving the Era of Oil Behind (72-page PDF, 5.6MB) is a report released in May by the national non-profit organization Energy Vision

[T]here has been a rapid rise in the use of natural gas garbage trucks – a ten-fold increase over the last five years. "Heavy duty trucks have been among the most polluting and fuel-consuming fleets in the region," says Energy Vision's president, Joanna Underwood, "and this shift has eliminated the need for 4.52 million gallons of diesel fuel producing significant fuel cost savings of from $4.5 to $6 million a year."