fuel prices and inflation.
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I saw this article yesterday in the Statesman Newspaper. I agree with the content. I was an owner-operator for over 22 years and was outraged when diesel prices hit $ 1.50 a gallon in the Eighties. I switched to a Public Regulated/Hourly rated semi-end dump trucking in the 1990's. The hourly rate then was $60.20....yes, a buck a minute. I can't imagine what the hourly rate is now....but I bet it's well into the $ 90 dollar and hour range.
But most of, or 99% of today's truckers are non-regulated and I can see more rigs parked by the day. I feel this is going to turn into a monopoly for the large trucking companies. They now hire any yea-hoo to truck, and I feel and felt the professional Operator in trucking has turned into a sub-standard, below minimum Federal hourly range JOB. Most of the Good Ole Truckers are gone leaving few.
With diesel fuel being so high....food and other costs have shot up. I see many people suffering from the non-ability to put quality food on the table for their family. I morn for the people that earn minimum wage and two incomes just barely feed and house their family.
If this Great Country does not come up with solutions soon....the type of lifestyle Americans have been blessed with is going to turn into a Goverment controlled-subsidized health, housing, food, and other Freedoms....regulated by the Goverment! May this Nation wake up soon!
But most of, or 99% of today's truckers are non-regulated and I can see more rigs parked by the day. I feel this is going to turn into a monopoly for the large trucking companies. They now hire any yea-hoo to truck, and I feel and felt the professional Operator in trucking has turned into a sub-standard, below minimum Federal hourly range JOB. Most of the Good Ole Truckers are gone leaving few.
With diesel fuel being so high....food and other costs have shot up. I see many people suffering from the non-ability to put quality food on the table for their family. I morn for the people that earn minimum wage and two incomes just barely feed and house their family.
If this Great Country does not come up with solutions soon....the type of lifestyle Americans have been blessed with is going to turn into a Goverment controlled-subsidized health, housing, food, and other Freedoms....regulated by the Goverment! May this Nation wake up soon!
Alot of trucking companies with contracts get a fuel surcharge when fuel passes a cost point and it helps some, but it still doesnt help with the cost increase at the store. What agrevates me is that it is the regulations such as so much ethonal and low sulfer that ad even more cost and less efficent fuel. Too much involment by goverment into the oil industry has had a backwards effect, in their attmpt to "clean the air" they have caused us to run less efficent fuel and burn more and pay more for food and fuel and just about everything. I read a article how a loaf of bread costs 15 million in some Africian country and wonder if we are headed that way.
I think when people have sold off their cell phones, their DVD players, cable, and figured out how to save money by living, let alone eating, frugally, then maybe there needs to be input from someone.
Until then, people sit in the holes they did. Why should I dig them out when I don't eat out so often, decided not to have cable for so long, and we got a DVD player when we got it as a gift, not to mention that one can rent DVD's from the public library for free.
I don't like the gas or diesel prices, but it is forcing people to think about new technology.
Given the example of government subsidizing ethanol and mandating other bio fuels, their problems and the loss of mileage, I don't want any more government involvement, as I feel they generate more problems than they ever fix.
Until then, people sit in the holes they did. Why should I dig them out when I don't eat out so often, decided not to have cable for so long, and we got a DVD player when we got it as a gift, not to mention that one can rent DVD's from the public library for free.
I don't like the gas or diesel prices, but it is forcing people to think about new technology.
Given the example of government subsidizing ethanol and mandating other bio fuels, their problems and the loss of mileage, I don't want any more government involvement, as I feel they generate more problems than they ever fix.
Originally Posted By: LargeCarManX2
With diesel fuel being so high....food and other costs have shot up. I see many people suffering from the non-ability to put quality food on the table for their family. I morn for the people that earn minimum wage and two incomes just barely feed and house their family.
If this Great Country does not come up with solutions soon....the type of lifestyle Americans have been blessed with is going to turn into a Goverment controlled-subsidized health, housing, food, and other Freedoms....regulated by the Goverment! May this Nation wake up soon!
Agreed.
With diesel fuel being so high....food and other costs have shot up. I see many people suffering from the non-ability to put quality food on the table for their family. I morn for the people that earn minimum wage and two incomes just barely feed and house their family.
If this Great Country does not come up with solutions soon....the type of lifestyle Americans have been blessed with is going to turn into a Goverment controlled-subsidized health, housing, food, and other Freedoms....regulated by the Goverment! May this Nation wake up soon!
Agreed.
Originally Posted By: SD26
I think when people have sold off their cell phones, their DVD players, cable, and figured out how to save money by living, let alone eating, frugally, then maybe there needs to be input from someone.
Until then, people sit in the holes they did. Why should I dig them out when I don't eat out so often, decided not to have cable for so long, and we got a DVD player when we got it as a gift, not to mention that one can rent DVD's from the public library for free.
I don't like the gas or diesel prices, but it is forcing people to think about new technology.
Given the example of government subsidizing ethanol and mandating other bio fuels, their problems and the loss of mileage, I don't want any more government involvement, as I feel they generate more problems than they ever fix.
Unfortunate as it is we are/will be forced into paying for the totally unresponsible.
I think when people have sold off their cell phones, their DVD players, cable, and figured out how to save money by living, let alone eating, frugally, then maybe there needs to be input from someone.
Until then, people sit in the holes they did. Why should I dig them out when I don't eat out so often, decided not to have cable for so long, and we got a DVD player when we got it as a gift, not to mention that one can rent DVD's from the public library for free.
I don't like the gas or diesel prices, but it is forcing people to think about new technology.
Given the example of government subsidizing ethanol and mandating other bio fuels, their problems and the loss of mileage, I don't want any more government involvement, as I feel they generate more problems than they ever fix.
Unfortunate as it is we are/will be forced into paying for the totally unresponsible.
Originally Posted By: SD26
I think when people have sold off their cell phones, their DVD players, cable, and figured out how to save money by living, let alone eating, frugally, then maybe there needs to be input from someone.
Until then, people sit in the holes they did. Why should I dig them out when I don't eat out so often, decided not to have cable for so long, and we got a DVD player when we got it as a gift, not to mention that one can rent DVD's from the public library for free.
I don't like the gas or diesel prices, but it is forcing people to think about new technology.
Given the example of government subsidizing ethanol and mandating other bio fuels, their problems and the loss of mileage, I don't want any more government involvement, as I feel they generate more problems than they ever fix.
I've got prepaid cell phone for my wife and I. 5 yr old dvd player gift from my wife's company. We rent dvds from the library free. We eat on the dollar menu at fast food and drive econoboxes. I don't like the gas prices either. I'm pretty frugal
I think when people have sold off their cell phones, their DVD players, cable, and figured out how to save money by living, let alone eating, frugally, then maybe there needs to be input from someone.
Until then, people sit in the holes they did. Why should I dig them out when I don't eat out so often, decided not to have cable for so long, and we got a DVD player when we got it as a gift, not to mention that one can rent DVD's from the public library for free.
I don't like the gas or diesel prices, but it is forcing people to think about new technology.
Given the example of government subsidizing ethanol and mandating other bio fuels, their problems and the loss of mileage, I don't want any more government involvement, as I feel they generate more problems than they ever fix.
I've got prepaid cell phone for my wife and I. 5 yr old dvd player gift from my wife's company. We rent dvds from the library free. We eat on the dollar menu at fast food and drive econoboxes. I don't like the gas prices either. I'm pretty frugal
Originally Posted By: salesrep
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1314227/
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"When I paid $4.16 a gallon for diesel, and it almost cost me $60, I decided I couldn't afford it anymore," said Larsen, who promptly drove the Mercedes home, parked it in his garage and covered it with a tarp.
He hasn't driven it since, even though it gets 35 miles to the gallon. Instead, he's opted for a 1999 Ford F-150 pickup that gets only 16 miles to the gallon but is cheaper to fill at Friday's average price in Idaho of $3.30 a gallon for self-service regular, according to AAA Idaho statistics. The pickup may cost more to run, but Larsen's rejection of high-cost diesel is a matter of principle.
"I buy (gasoline) at Maverik stations now because it's cheaper," he said. "But out where my daughter lives, diesel (at a Shell station near Lake Hazel in southwest Boise) is crowding $4.30 now."
The silly old prick is senile, paying 21c/mile, instead of 12c/mile on diesel.
freight should be transported on rail, which is 10 times the efficiency of trucks, until they get near to the market that the trucks should be hauling to.
10 years ago, the interstate rail that passed by what is now my cubicle had container trailers ready to unload...now there's scarcely a freight train at all.
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1314227/
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"When I paid $4.16 a gallon for diesel, and it almost cost me $60, I decided I couldn't afford it anymore," said Larsen, who promptly drove the Mercedes home, parked it in his garage and covered it with a tarp.
He hasn't driven it since, even though it gets 35 miles to the gallon. Instead, he's opted for a 1999 Ford F-150 pickup that gets only 16 miles to the gallon but is cheaper to fill at Friday's average price in Idaho of $3.30 a gallon for self-service regular, according to AAA Idaho statistics. The pickup may cost more to run, but Larsen's rejection of high-cost diesel is a matter of principle.
"I buy (gasoline) at Maverik stations now because it's cheaper," he said. "But out where my daughter lives, diesel (at a Shell station near Lake Hazel in southwest Boise) is crowding $4.30 now."
The silly old prick is senile, paying 21c/mile, instead of 12c/mile on diesel.
freight should be transported on rail, which is 10 times the efficiency of trucks, until they get near to the market that the trucks should be hauling to.
10 years ago, the interstate rail that passed by what is now my cubicle had container trailers ready to unload...now there's scarcely a freight train at all.
electric freight trains. Problem is that when you ship 1000 widgets by rail, you don't know how many will actually reach the customer. By truck, the numbers usually work out better.
Good point oily. We had a heck of a time keeping track of expensive power plant equipment we shipped by rail. And we got a million dollar part damaged in transit. Something about a car getting humped when it shouldn't have been.
I talked to a lot of Owner/operators when we tore down a power plant and had it shipped a thousand miles away. My heart goes out to these guys. They were telling me about their weekly fuel bills compared to just a few years ago, and they are really losing money. In fact, a lot of them were looking at driving for a company b/c of fuel costs. Sad deal. The O/O's went on to say that the quality of driver has gone down hill as well.
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Originally Posted By: LargeCarManX2
the type of lifestyle Americans have been blessed with is going to turn into a Goverment controlled-subsidized health, housing, food, and other Freedoms....regulated by the Goverment! May this Nation wake up soon!
This is exactly what the .gov wants to achieve. You can see the seeds being sown from the higher gas/food prices over the past several years (although this all started around the time of Pearl Harbor). The media is in their back pocket by constantly presenting the "Chosen Ones" as candidates to "lead" the US.
Time to invest in more guns and ammo.
the type of lifestyle Americans have been blessed with is going to turn into a Goverment controlled-subsidized health, housing, food, and other Freedoms....regulated by the Goverment! May this Nation wake up soon!
This is exactly what the .gov wants to achieve. You can see the seeds being sown from the higher gas/food prices over the past several years (although this all started around the time of Pearl Harbor). The media is in their back pocket by constantly presenting the "Chosen Ones" as candidates to "lead" the US.
Time to invest in more guns and ammo.
The Mexican trucks comming across the border will lower the cost of shipping.
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