Poll: Truckers Strike - When Will Truckers Stand Together? IF Ever?

Good post. Would you "drivers" rather the GOV declare martial law over a truckers shutdown or would you rather they stage another terrorist attack killing hundreds of thousands?

 

First of all, let me say that I'm a company driver and the price of diesel fuel does not directly affect me work wise (not yet anyway). It appears that the owner-operators are the ones most affected by the outrageous price of diesel. I do think that a strike is great in theory, I'm sure that it would be extremely difficult to get 10 truckers to cross the street at the same time.
One must remember that America has a free market economy, which is mainly supply & demand. When supply is up, prices go down. When supply is down, prices go up. When demand is up and retains a constant level, prices go up. When demand is down, the prices go down.
Let's look at the big picture, shall we? It seems that when anyone in the Middle East sneezes, the price of oil takes a big leap upwards. If I were an owner-operator I would certainly look at where the folks at Flying J, Pilot, T/A, and the other truck stops get their oil. I would focus my fuel purchasing with companies that don't use Middle Eastern oil. Another thing I would do is run my rig at the MINIMUM legal speed on the highway. Why? To INCREASE my fuel mileage and REDUCE my DEMAND. Can you just imagine the dent in DEMAND the truckers of this country would do if they would ALL drive this way? The supply of diesel would go up and the price will come down.

 

I ran out of room on my first post, so let me continue. In regards to Middle Eastern oil. The Saudis are boycotting American goods. Let's return the favor. Every time you fill up your truck or car, you can avoid putting more money in the coffers of Saudi Arabia. After all, where is Bin Laden from? Where did the hijackers of 9/11 come from? Buy your fuel and gas from companies that don't use Middle Eastern oil. Here are the companies that are sleeping with the enemy. Shell-205,742,000 barrels. Chevron/Texaco-144,332,000 barrels. Exxon/Mobil-130,082,000 barrels. Marathon/Speedway-117,740.000 barrels. Amoco- 62,231,000 barrels. The oil companies that DO NOT use Middle Eastern oil are, Sunoco, Conoco, Sinclair, BP/Phillips, Hess, and Arco. All that is required is a little bit of homework to find out where your truckstop of choice is getting their oil. Just my thoughts.

 

Around here, in NC, BP and Amoco are sold under the same banner. I have heard SUNOCO imports no crude. They only do domestic. I like that idea.

Middle Eastern oil does not profit just the Saudis. American oil companies are heavily invested there, and, to attempt to strike a blow at Saudi oil is to attempt to strike at American companies, of which I, and many others own significant stocks. I don't much care for your plan.

We could all just start buying CITGO and help support our good friend Hugo Chavez down in Venezuela. NOT!!

 

9/11 was done with the complicity of the U.S. Government! Osama Bin Laden is dead and has been since 2002!

 

Well if it is on YouTube, it must be true.

 

Well,,, if they haven't let the psyops cops in here! Why Ronno do you wait till the thread is dead to jump in and try to debunk the facts? Cant take the heat?

 

I responded to your post 6 minutes after you posted it?

What the #### are you talking about "wait till the thread is dead"?