In the past several years, with the increase in fuel cost and the economic downturn, fuel theft has risen to be a serious threat to fuel retailers. Whether through skimming, employee theft, tank pump outs, or manipulated equipment, the thefts are becoming much more common.
Anyone who believes battery-electric or hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles don’t have a future greatly underestimates the bullheadedness of Californians. This special breed of American lives in a state wracked by drought, choked with traffic, and bisected by a fault zone. Yet Californians think there’s no better place to be.
A federal judge has ordered the American Fuels and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) to more fully explain its arguments against the California Low-Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), saying the group's recently revised legal brief is not clear.