US Post Office Gives Hydrogen a Try

While the UPS leads the world in fuel efficiency among delivery companies, the United States Postal Service hasn’t shown much interest in greening up their fleet. Things may be changing. Starting tomorrow, the USPS begins testing a Hydrogen Fuel Cell vehicle provided by General Motors.

You might ask yourself, why? Why hydrogen? Why now? A $600 Million increase in fuel costs might be one reason. We can’t look past the fact that they are testing new vehicles out, either. It may be a sham to appease the public for now, but what they learn may make a real difference.

Of course, ask them and they say they’ve been testing alternatives since the battery-run cars of the early 20th Century. They’ll also say they have 43,000 autos “capable” of using alternative fuels. Capable, shmapable. I hope they figure out a plan to switch to different trucks, because using nearly $2 Billion in fuel results in a heck of a lot of pollution.

Source: U.S. Postal Service