Truck drivers, and people looking for a truck driving job, have a green future in store if they are thinking about driving semi-trucks, school buses and large pickups. The Obama administration will call to cut fuel consumption and emissions by 10 to 20 percent under first-ever fuel efficiency rules for trucks. For years now, the driving industry has had the opportunity to change form an industry fueled by scarce resources. To a one that offers free energy. There are a couple of catastrophic positive side effects form this movement; one being the balance of green house gases and the environment. The other is the creation of jobs and homegrown industries.

The EPA and the Transportation Department released a proposed fuel economy requirements and reductions in tailpipe emissions for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, beginning with those sold in the 2014 model year and again in the 2018 model year truck manufacturers are going to require to increase their fuel efficiency of their larger vehicles. Also, the proposal seeks a 20 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions and fuel consumption from big rig combination tractors by 2018. Large tractor-trailers tend to be driven up to 150,000 miles a year, making them prime candidates for improved fuel efficiency. The infrastructure can be easily upgraded, as trucking routes do not change much. Once we decide as a nation on we want our next energy source to be, the driving industry offers efficient central locations to execute the plan and fine-tune it for mass scale production.

Your heavy-duty pickup trucks and large vans will have a separate gasoline and diesel truck standards phase out, beginning in the 2014 model year. Larger industrial vehicles using gasoline will need to reach a 10 percent cut in fuel consumption and emissions by 2018. Diesel vehicles would need to hit 15 percent reductions by the same time period.

The fuel efficiency rules are put in place to continue to push our country and economy into one that produces energy instead of using it. Our nation’s fleet is a major way we can reduce green house emissions. While accounting for only 4 percent of the vehicles on the road, tractor-trailers consume about 20 percent of the transportation fuel in the U.S making this industry the best place to start.

Truck driving jobs in the future are going to become an emission free work zone and companies are gearing up and getting ready for the change in store. A fleet of new cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs will need to reach 35.5 mpg by 2016, and the government is developing plans for future vehicle models that could push the standards to a range from 47 mpg to 62 mpg by 2025.

EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson said that in addition to the reduction in pollution, “greater fuel economy will shrink fuel costs for small businesses that depend on pickups and heavy duty vehicles, shipping companies and cities and towns with fleets of these vehicles.” President Barack Obama said in May that he intended to release the standards this year, estimating then that the fuel efficiency of tractor-trailers could be improved by 25 percent using existing technologies. If we focus on harassing these technologies, America while take a step in the right direction for the first time in a long time.