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.
UPS 3 Day Freightsm service fuel surcharge is capped at $0.109/lb for shipments within the contiguous 48 United States and Canada. UPS 3 Day Freight shipments to or from Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico will receive the North American Air Freight Fuel Surcharge in effect at the time of shipment. Note: Fuel surcharges are conditioned upon variables and are subject to fluctuation. Fuel surcharge rates, thresholds and methods of calculation are subject to change without prior notice.