A healthy population is essential for economic development. The poorest people on the planet tend to suffer most from the health effects from exposures to environmental hazards like air pollution and impure water. In turn, disease and disability related to polluted environments slows and blocks economic development.
Now this is how most shippers figure out the fuel surcharge on mileage. The base cost of fuel starts at $1.25 a gallon and is also based on a truck getting 5 miles to the gallon and is figured on the avg. national price of fuel as per the DOE every week.
The fuel surcharge percentage for FedEx Freight Â® services is based on the weekly national average diesel fuel price effective each Monday. See the FedEx Freight fuel surcharge. Effective Nov. 2, 2015, the tables used to calculate fuel surcharge for FedEx Express and FedEx Ground will change.or example, the fuel surcharge for November 2014 is based on the September 2014 average price spot of fuel. FedEx may use the monthly average fuel price posted on eia.gov as of this date or calculate the monthly average price based on daily spot prices posted as of the date. See previous FedEx Freight fuel surcharge.