8,000 Horsepower Engines...Idling Overnight?
Jubitz Truck Stop
At the huge Jubitz truck stop complex just off the I-5 in North Portland, an exciting new installation will help clear our air, reduce global warming, and waste less fuel. What is it?? It's a set of 34 truck parking spaces that will now be offering electrical hook-ups to power the air-conditioners, heaters, and other creature-comforts used by truckers parked overnight or at rest. Currently, most of our nation’s truckers keep their engines idling for hours at a time to support the in-cab comforts they need to make their trucks livable. But it doesn't have to be that way! This practice is a waste of diesel fuel and money, not to mention a major source of greenhouse gas and particulate emissions. Electrical hookups are a viable and cleaner alternative to acheiving the same end. Jeff Cogen's no-idling policy -- adopted by the County and jointly by a group of private partners early this summer -- is aimed at going for the same low-hanging fruit in energy conservation that this truck stop measure aims at. No-idling policies and electrified truck stop stalls are two simple and cost effective actions we can take today to help face up to global warming, reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and clean our air. See this article from the Portland Tribune for more information on the very ground breaking project at Jubitz truck stop, which was sponsored by Governor Ted Kulongoski, Oregon DEQ, Oregon Solutions, the Oregon Department of Energy, EPA, and The Climate Trust. The project was installed and will be managed by a private partner called Shurepower Technologies. Attached is a photo I took at the ribbon cutting and project launch last week!
Posted on July 27, 2007
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Posted by: Pete Forsyth - August 7, 2007 06:21 PM
Most excellent!! I can't believe there are no comments on this one. Not just low hanging fruit…a significant step toward a greener Portland.