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- Analyst Says More Ethanol Won’t Stem Consumption
- Extol to Provide Software to C.R. England
- J.B. Hunt Chooses PAR System for Reefer Tracking
- Extol to Provide Software to C.R. England
Analyst Says More Ethanol Won’t Stem Consumption
ATLANTA — A leading energy analyst said President Bush’s plan to increase ethanol production would not reduce the country’s overall energy consumption or help the United States move away from oil as its main source of energy for transportation.“There are no alternatives to hydrocarbon-based energy in the foreseeable future,” Michael Economides, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Houston, said here last month during the annual winter meeting of the rate bureau SMC3.Last month, Bush called on Congress to approve a plan that would require the United States to produce a total of 35 billion gallons of alternative fuels by 2017, though he did not say how much of the production would be ethanol. (Click here for previous coverage.)But Economides said there is not enough corn produced in the United States to dramatically increase the availability of ethanol, and if the country started importing corn, the resulting price increase would not make the plan economically feasible. Tarun ReddyExtol to Provide Software to C.R. England
Truckload and intermodal carrier C.R. England has selected Extol business integration software to help support its growth and expansion.Extol is a provider of business-to-business integration software applications.C.R. England formerly had one full-time employee dedicated to electronic data interchange, but with the integration, that employee spends only 30% of his time on EDI and can devote more time to strategic projects.C.R. England is ranked No. 42 on the Transport Topics 100 listing of U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers and is the second-largest refrigerated carrier. Transport TopicsJ.B. Hunt Chooses PAR System for Reefer Tracking
PAR Technology Corp. said Tuesday that truckload carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services has selected PAR’s refrigerated trailer tracking system for its refrigerated unit fleet.The system will provide information to J.B. Hunt on their reefer units’ status, location, temperature, fuel levels, battery level and history.J.B. Hunt, No. 10 on the Transport Topics 100, will be able to use the information to provide the most reliable and protected services to shippers of perishable commodities.PAR provides professional services and enterprise business intelligence software and hardware to the hospitality industry. Transport TopicsPrevious Technology Briefs
