Energy Consumption
» Energy Consumption, Volume 6, Issue 3, 2006
If respondent's business has a vehicle(s).
3c. Which best describes how you have changed operation of your business vehicles in the last year to compensate for higher gas and diesel prices?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Didn't change much of anything | 49 | ||
| 2 | Used fewer vehicles or vehicles less frequently | 16 | ||
| 3 | Rescheduled or changed routing | 18 | ||
| 4 | More frequent vehicle maintenance | 2 | ||
| 5 | Purchased/leased more energy-efficient vehicles | 11 | ||
| 6 | Negotiated a bulk fuel deal with a supplier | 1 | ||
| 7 | Raised prices | 3 | ||
| 8 | Other | 0 | ||
| 9 | DK/Refuse | 1 | ||
| Total (%) | 101 | |||
| N | 609 | |||
Notes: Forty-nine (49) percent of small employers who have business vehicles made little or no changes in their vehicles or vehicle operations during the last year to compensate for the higher gasoline and diesel prices (Q#3c).
