Fuel-conservation efforts of Texas municipal

Technical Report · Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6529519· OSTI ID:6529519

Crouch, B. M.

Based on survey findings, several conclusions can be made about how Texas police departments perceive and react to high and rising fuel costs. Responses received from all departments indicated some programatic efforts to conserve fuel, which demonstrates that Texas police departments have dealt with and are concerned about the rising cost of fuel. However, the problem of meeting fuel bills was apparently not a paralyzing one in 1981. For example, only about one in five departments claimed that fuel costs were second only to salaries in their budgets. In addition, although some departments have been relying on the more popular conservation plans for years, the majority had instituted such plans within two or three years. Among the most frequently used programs, two clusters of program choices appear. The first cluster includes more frequent tune-ups, increased maintenance, and reminders to offiers to conserve fuel. The second cluster includes shutting-off engines at given intervals, regular use of fixed position patrol, and reminders to officers to conserve fuel.

• Research Organization: Texas A and M Univ., College Station (USA). Center for Energy and Mineral Resources
• OSTI ID: 6529519
• Report Number(s): CEMR-MS-5; ON: DE83901223
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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