{"id":13187,"date":"2010-04-16T07:04:23","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T07:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/uncategorized\/us-postal-service-to-take-a-saturday-off-to-reduce-co2-emissions.php"},"modified":"2013-01-24T09:55:17","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T09:55:17","slug":"us-postal-service-to-take-a-saturday-off-to-reduce-co2-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/awareness-and-hype\/us-postal-service-to-take-a-saturday-off-to-reduce-co2-emissions.php","title":{"rendered":"US Postal Service to take a Saturday off to reduce CO2 emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"USPS.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/USPS.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;\"\/><\/span> If you rely on the US Postal Service for your snail mail delivery, you probably won\u2019t receive any on a Saturday, thanks to global warming. Probably another effort to save up on costs, the dying postal service could do with the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/transport\/us-postal-trucks-could-store-renewable-grid-energy-in-future.php\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">power grid connection<\/a> we reported on before. Anyways, this proposal of a Saturday off will help the USPS cut CO2 emissions by around 503,000 metric tons per year.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThis equals pulling off 60,000 to 96,000 cars annually. The already financially suffering USPS will benefit from such steps, taken that a day off will help save up on fuel consumption costs, at the same time doing the environment a huge favor with reduced emissions. Electric delivery trucks may be expensive at first, but could help the USPS profit in the long run if the fleet is overhauled.<br \/>\n[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-25061-Climate-Change-Examiner~y2010m4d9-US-Postal-Service-cites-global-warming-as-a-reason-to-cut-Saturday-delivery?cid=exrss-Climate-Change-Examiner\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">Examiner<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you rely on the US Postal Service for your snail mail delivery, you probably won\u2019t receive any on a Saturday, thanks to global warming. 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