FIGURING OUT FUEL
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The company has reduced its dependency on fossil fuels in a number of ways — not only through partnerships. Beattie and Abbott have some pretty passionate views on the subject, idling trucks being one of the hottest topics. "Drivers used to think it was all right to let a truck warm up for half an hour in the morning, or leave it ticking over as they ate their dinner," says Beattie. "We're currently burning our way through fuel at a rate of 70,000 litres a week. If, for argument's sake, we wasted 10% of that figure through idling, saving just 5% equates to thousands of pounds. In fact, I would take it one step further and introduce legislation to ban all road vehicles from leaving their engines running for longer than a few minutes, as is done in parts of the US."