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12 CHAPTER THREE OVERVIEW OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL USE IN AIRPORT FLEETS HISTORICAL USE OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS AT AIRPORTS Airports that responded to the online survey reported having launched alternative fuel vehicle programs as early as 1991. Over the subsequent 25 years, greater numbers of airports began to use alternative fuels in airport-owned and airport-contracted vehicles (see Figure 4)
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13 and refueling opportunities, to acquire vehicles and/or use fuels that they believe convey an image of environmental stewardship. GHG reductions were also widely considered important.
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14 Sperling and Nesbitt (2001) offer a valuable framework for understanding how administrative differences between airports affect alternative fuel vehicle adoption.
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15 PROCUREMENT OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES Airports, cities, and port authorities typically have dedicated procurement offices that write specifications for each vehicle based on usage requirements, and then post a vehicle procurement for bidding by vendors. Of the 33 airport respondents, 67% operate in this way.
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16 VEHICLE AVAILABILITY When airports consider adopting alternative fuels, they often follow a basic three-step process: (1) identify viable vehicle makes and models, (2)
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17 airports in the online survey reported using existing refueling stations only 13% of the time, suggesting that either airports are too far from many of the existing refueling stations or fleet managers prefer having their own dedicated refueling stations. Airports have also relied on external grants to help fund alternative fuel infrastructure.
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18 TABLE 9 NATIONAL AVERAGE FUEL PRICE BETWEEN OCTOBER 1 AND OCTOBER 31, 2016 Fuel Cost Source Diesel $2.48/gallon (DOE 2016a) Gasoline $2.22/gallon (DOE 2016a)
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