
Fishing for world peace and safety
October 1, 2006 By Jay Johnston
My first real vacation in seven years was a fishing trip this summer in the Canadian wilderness with some diverse and distinguished individuals.
Read MoreMy first real vacation in seven years was a fishing trip this summer in the Canadian wilderness with some diverse and distinguished individuals.
Read MoreMost propane managers tend to manage their business for the reality of yesterday. We often assume that past events will reoccur if we just wait for them.
Read MoreJust about every business in any industry wants to be more efficient. The question is: How? Streamlining processes, incorporating new and emerging technologies, and altering business plans are all ways to increase efficiency. Another way is to have an all-in-one warehouse to hold products, house employees and service customers – something that Ray Murray Inc. has benefited from since 1973.
Read MoreThe scene is a child’s dream come true. Wide-eyed youngsters squeal with delight as water from a massive bucket 48 ft. above comes cascading toward them, their shrieks almost obliterated by the thundering rush of 1,000 gallons of water.
Read MoreThe most complete testing to date offers uplifting evidence that propane’s benefits to the material handling industry – in engine performance, durability and emissions quality – will protect the 85 percent market share that propane owns among class 4, 5 and 6 forklifts that burn 600 million gallons of year-round load.
Read MoreIt was a Sunday afternoon at the end of summer. Within days, 14-year-old Michael McCarty would be starting the ninth grade at a nearby private school.
Read MoreA push by Toyota’s Hino Motors to earn more of the U.S. commercial delivery truck business should provide a turbocharged, 260-horsepower propane engine suitable for use in bobtails, buses, medium-duty delivery vehicles and other class 7 applications by 2006.
Read MoreFor those of you who find it difficult to introduce a colorless gas to potential customers, a new set of television commercials launched in recent weeks is designed to do it for you.
Read MoreTax credits and grants to encourage propane use have cleared both houses of Congress. A conference committee is trying to resolve differences between the Energy Policy Act of 2002 the Senate passed recently and a different version the House passed last summer.
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