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Fuel Price Realities

Discussion in 'Truckers Strike Forum' started by old school trucker, Mar 31, 2008.

  1. Mar 31, 2008 #1
    old school trucker

    old school trucker Bobtail Member

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    Striking to draw attention to high fuel prices may be effective,however;to hit a bullseye,we must be aiming at the right target. The current price issue has been brewing for some 30 years,and Bush has no more control over it than the man in the moon.
    The price is a result of the normal market forces of supply and demand. Why have they just gone nuts,then? There are some Washington policies that have skewed this balance,but they have been driven by radical "mental-environists". Groups like greenpeace ect. have successfully lobbied to get many laws passed. For this reason we have not built a refinery in this country in 3 decades and cannot drill for new oil. Meanwhile,China and others are drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and other locations.
    Now I'm all for taking care of the planet,but in a balanced and rational way.When is the last time we have heard of an oil well blowing up or causing an oil spill? Barring the ones Saddam blew,it would be hard to find one in recent memory.
    The solution for this problem is get our own oil out of the ground-NOW- while working on other energy sources. This will not happen overnight. If we started drilling today, it would be about 5 years before we would put a drop of it in our tanks. So...let's get to it!
    Thanks,and keep the greasy-side down. OST.
     
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  3. Mar 31, 2008 #2
    MGVenne

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    Excellent post, OST. I agree with you. I don't think that this "strike" will have any effect on the fuel prices. I know that there is a huge frustration going on in the O/O world. Even us company drivers are feeling the pressure to increase MPG, slow down, etc. Any strike now would only hurt the shippers and receivers, and they don't set our fuel prices.

    Here is my suggestion - get the livestock haulers to park 3-4 of thier rigs on the yards of every Senator and House of Representative member for a month or so. Then we can start "negotiations" to get them to free up some of our oil reserves and begin exploring for new oil. Those are the folks who can influence our fuel prices, not the shippers/receivers.

    I can understand and share in the frustration with my fellow drivers. I just don't think that the energy being spent on this "strike" will make any difference. And I'm afraid that a few radical truckers will resort to violence against other drivers, and that will set our reputations back 3 decades in the public's view.
     
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  4. Mar 31, 2008 #3
    bullhaulerswife

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    You know, that would get some attention. AND, how many of the big companies are into livestock? NONE! They don't want to mess with the work comp. The livestock haulers are all small business owners. I don't know of one company that has thousands of trucks, hauling livestock.

    Plus, park the livestock trucks, wheres the meat going to come from? How will it get to the slaughter house, feed yard, sale barn or pasture? It won't.

    Just like the comment about the fuel trucks shutting down, if the livestock trucks shut down, people would notice. AND notice fast, as it is a perishable item, and the shortage would show up quickly. Hmmmmmmm wonder what the cost of a sirloin would be if they all did that.
     
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