Transport’s Carbon & Energy Future
#CleanTransport : Use less fuel, move more freight
Carbon Neutral Transport
Australia has its first carbon neutral trucking company! Congratulations to Transforce Bulk Haulage in Dubbo who achieved this feat by saving fuel to reduce their carbon footprint then buying carbon credits to offset the remaining emissions. So what's stopping other transport firms from going carbon neutral? Market Incentives & Barriers Any emissions reductions need to be profitable to motivate action. According to Carbon War Room, heavy trucking can achieve huge emissions reductions using simple technologies with proven savings that are available today. Yet there are three formidable market barriers to get over: access to capital for high upfront costs; good
Clean Transport Fuels – What are the Real Options?
Australia's carbon price is here, so how can transport operators gain from cleaner fuels? As a retailer, manufacturer, miner or farmer, where in your supply chain can clean fuels bring real benefits, now? Biofuels win under Carbon Pricing Biodiesel and ethanol now have a carbon price advantage over other transport fuels. While gaseous fuels (LNG, LPG and CNG) have lower greenhouse gas emissions than diesel and petrol, on July 1st they copped a tax “double whammy”: Gas excise duty now rises each year while biofuels don't pay excise until 2021. Gaseous fuels attract a carbon price; biofuels don't. But costs
How can Freight Buyers minimise carbon tax in their supply chains?
Moving freight around Australia will soon attract carbon tax. You can reduce this new cost in 2 ways: Use less fuel Use cleaner fuel While they control fuel use, transporters need their customers' help to manage carbon liability. Moving the discussion past who carries the carbon tax burden, the question now becomes: How can Freight Buyers minimise carbon tax in their supply chains? Carbon Tax = More Fuel Tax Carbon tax on Transport will be applied through the fuel tax system. Fuel tax is a consumption tax, and fuel tax credits are needed to ensure that fuel tax is not burdened
How will Freight Transport Customers Treat the Carbon Tax?
Australia's carbon tax starts in 3 months time, and customers of freight transport services should have decided by now whether they will accept carbon-related price increases from their transport providers. What signals are you sending or receiving in the marketplace? Accept or Reject Freight customers' decisions will depend on the price sensitivity of their product, existing margins and profitability targets, and their assessment of transport providers' ability to absorb these costs while maintaining service levels. Will it be a 'black and white' choice or are there shades of grey? Firstly, shippers can play hard ball and reject any carbon cost
How is your Australian Transport business preparing for its Carbon Price?
Transport companies have fewer options than Australia’s Top 500 energy users to improve their environmental performance under the Clean Energy Future laws. The new tax kicks off in four months and our fuel costs will rise across the board. When permit trading begins in 2015, contrary to the common belief that only the 500 highest greenhouse gas emitters pay a direct carbon price, another 165,000 transport businesses will also be paying an explicit carbon price. And transporters will find reducing emissions much harder and more costly than will the “big polluters”. So what are you doing about it? How a