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.
In the event the average price of Retail On-Highway Diesel Fuel (as set forth below, the HDF Average Price), calculated monthly based on prices reported on the U.S. Department of Energy website (eia.doe.gov) equals or exceeds $2.30 per gallon, UP will add a mileage-based fuel surcharge to freight charges referencing or subject to this authority.