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Originally Posted by BanditsCousin
Let it go $10/gal. My FSC will keep up. Now, in my personal vehicle, I'd be up poopy creek with no paddle!
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LOL! I feel the same way. From a business standpoint, I could care less about the fuel price.... Fuel surcharge is wonderful thing! Right now, it is at .46 a mile where I haul. It is based on 5.5 mpg and since I get approx 6.5, it means nothing but more net.
Let's get real though... anyone who has XM ought to listen to the business channels a little more often. Oil is just like any other commodity like metals or grains. The U.S. dollar is really in the tank and EVERY commodity is higher in price. If I had a few billion lying around, I would start a refinery. But that is unrealistic, since it takes almost 15 years to get thru the red tape and government hoops before you can even start building. Forget it.. I would take my billions and invest elsewhere.
All of the above is pure government meddling and screw ups. Even crop prices being high and causing problems for cattle producers is because of government meddling and spending your tax money of bio fuels instead of letting the market work. If I can get a great price for corn and soybeans, I sure wouldn't plant any wheat. And guess what, this year to meet demand and lack of supply, we will have to import wheat for the first time in this nations history! Don't believe me? Check with your local Farm Bureau office. And now it is coming out in various studies that biofuels and there production actually contribute more to environmental damage than oil.
Truckers are an interesting group. First they can't stand the government getting deeper into their business, then as I listened to Truckin Bozo on XM the other day, they are clamering to have the government come in and regulate fuel prices. Hello.... is anyone here old enough to remember the 70's?
oh well.... doesn't mean anything.