Brian the above answers are all good and true! However there is one simple fact that always has and always will be the same! Big Trucks use diesel, and have to have it! There fore as long as they can get away with it the oil companies will exploit this issue and keep gouging as much as they can as long as they can ! Only after enough pressure is put on the politicians from the big trucking firms,and orginations will they publicly say something about the need to do something about it! At which time the oil companies will quietly and quickly start lowering the prices a little bit, so as to quiet everybody down which makes the politicians happy and all is forgotten again ! Until the next time they figure out a way to start gouging us again! And each time they gouge us they only slightly lower it which means in the end they're still winning while we are still paying outragous prices! I ain't no politician and have no desire to be, but given the chance I'd do a whole lota chang'n on capitol hill! But thats another issue and I don't even wanna get started there!!! BK ;D
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Hi all,
When I was a kid (1970's)I recall that the truckers had a shutdown/boycott on the interstate system. wasn't that to protest the price of fuel?
If the truckers stop, so does everything!
Devin
Hi Devin,
Yes I too remember that shut down in the 70's ! And when I was trucking we tried to do it again in the late 90's but you can't get anyone to stick together anymore ! All the O/O's say "I can't shut this rig down, I have payments to make!" , the company drivers driving for the mega fleets "say I can't shut this truck down they'lll fire me! & have some foriegner here to drive the truck away tomarrow!", The Mega Fleets say "we can't shut these trucks down all the little fleets will keep running and take over our territory", and the Little Fleets say "we can't shut down, because all the mega fleets will keep running and take over the few contracts they don't already have!". Which are all true and I do understand, but the shutdown is not going to last a month, or even a week, it would surprise me if it lasted more than a day two at the most! Then everybody from you and me all the way to the President will be screaming hey listen get those trucks moving, we gotta have those products ! Then and only then would things get better for #1 the trucking industry because they'd have those in powers attention to get some of the things they need! # 2 the public as we would benefit from the lower fuel prices we'd receive. And # 3 the drivers themselves because they could get the pay they deserve, time off when they are promised time off, better relations with the public, and etc.
What my idea is if you shut down the fuel tankers the rest will stop like it or not! One day and the gubberment will be forced to listen to the demands of the trucking industry & the public at the same time! Just my opinion which with $3.00 won't even buy you a gallon of diesel most places now days!
BK ;D
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