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news and notes stabilize maintenance for easy budgeting, minimizing unexpected expenses. Program Overview The program is valid when a customer buys a new SB or Precedent trailer unit from Thermo King with both the Thermo Gard Assurance and TracKing services. The program applies only to new customers who sign on for both Thermo Gard Assurance and TracKing. The customer must remain on both Thermo Gard Assurance and TracKing for 36 months. The program runs until June 30, 2013. Contact your local Thermo King dealer for full program details and to learn more about this limited time offer. Advancements in Clean Diesel Technology and Fuel To Continue Major Reductions in Black Carbon Emissions Advancements in clean diesel technology will continue to deliver major reductions in black carbon (soot) emissions in both the U.S. and worldwide, Allen Schaeffer, the Executive Director of the Diesel Technology Forum said. Schaeffer highlighted the advancements in diesel technology and fuel in response to the new study published in The Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres that stated black carbon emissions are the second most important contributor to global warming, behind carbon dioxide. The study evaluated climate forcing of black carbon during the industrial era (i.e. 1750 to 2000). ���While there continues to be ongoing debate about the role of black carbon on the earth���s climate, the diesel industry continues to move forward and produce more fuel efficient diesel engines that have both lower emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and nearzero levels of emissions of particulate (soot),��� Schaeffer said. Diesel Truck and Buses Have Reduced NOx Emissions by 99% And Particulate Emissions by 98% ���A complete transformation of diesel technology in the U.S. has taken place in the last decade that has virtually eliminated particulate (soot) emissions from new diesel engines across the board. For example, emissions from heavy-duty diesel trucks and buses have been reduced by 99 percent for nitrogen oxides (NOx) - an ozone precursor - and 98 percent for particulate emissions, which include black carbon. Today, clean diesel technology with near zero emissions is standard equipment in nearly all off-road diesel vehicles and equipment such as construction equipment, agricultural vehicles, stationary generators, locomotives and marine vehicles. ���Because of the investments in new technology it now takes 60 of today���s technology trucks to emit the same level of PM (soot) emissions as a single truck built in 1988,��� Schaeffer said. ���Thanks to the switch to ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel coupled with advances in diesel engine design and emissions control technology, fine particulate emissions have been virtually eliminated from new diesel vehicles and equipment in the U.S. Today diesel engines are responsible for less than six percent of all particulate emissions in the U.S.��� Black Carbon to Decline by 86% by 2030 ���Largely Due to Controls on New Mobile Diesel Engines��� - U.S. EPA 2012 Black Carbon Report to Congress Schaeffer said that according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency���s 2012 Report on Black Carbon to Congress, the U.S. currently accounts for about eight percent of the global black carbon emissions, with 52 percent of that coming from mobile sources, and 93 percent of the mobile sources attributed to diesel engines. On top of the 32 percent reduction from 1990-2005, EPA projects this percentage will decline by 86 percent by 2030 ���largely due to controls on new mobile diesel engines���. ���Much of the progress in clean diesel / Owner���operator/ March 2013 / / 24 OO 0313_text.indd 24 2/4/13 3:52 PM