Conaton: Rising Fuel Prices May Mitigate Savings From Air Force Plan To Reduce Usage

By Titus Ledbetter III / August 16, 2011 at 2:53 PM
Air Force officials are saving fuel under an efficiencies push to implement new consumption reduction practices, but the rising price of fuel is cutting into its projected windfall, a top service official said today. Service officials will have to keep the pressure on themselves to find additional savings because of the fuel price increase, according to service Under Secretary Erin Conaton. She said that it is too early to provide an estimate for the potential shortfall created by the increases,...

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