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.
To get the total fuel surcharge amount per particular shipment, the rate should be multiplied by miles driven: $0.22*600 = $132. This way, a load traveling 600 miles, the shipper can expect to pay $132 fuel surcharge amount. Another, less popular method of calculating fuel surcharge is based on percentage from load price.