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1 posted on 03/30/2022 11:42:08 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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Democraps love their Big Oil bribers. Every time a democrap gets into office energy prices go up.


2 posted on 03/30/2022 11:45:33 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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Democrats are wrecking the country. There is a point where fending for ourselves will kick in. The government is a hindrance to most things, like shooting and trapping pigs and squirrels.


3 posted on 03/30/2022 11:49:29 AM PDT by Luke21
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I’m tellin’ ya, one of these days a lot of truckers will simply “park ‘em” for about a month. This could self-organize faster than you think.

Don’t be living in a city high-rise when this happens.


4 posted on 03/30/2022 11:52:36 AM PDT by William of Barsoom (In Omnia, Paratus)
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"I'm not responsible for every undercapitalized business in America"

-Hillary Clinton

6 posted on 03/30/2022 11:58:29 AM PDT by blackdog (Today's "disinformation" most often turns out to be tomorrow's facts. )
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“Just buy an electric big rig.” - Democrats


7 posted on 03/30/2022 12:08:22 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
another facet of "the Great Reset"

these fancy pants green globalist Twits missed that parable in the Bible about "whoever rolls a stone may have it roll back upon him"

China, Russia, Iran, India ( all the players getting grifted by G7/USD system ) might just get the last laugh after all

a total collapse of the USD might actually turn out be good for liberty after all (once the dust clears and the idiocracy gets replaced )

but it will be hard to undo all the social justice damage

9 posted on 03/30/2022 12:12:27 PM PDT by KTM rider (, or how Ambassador Stevens was killed because he was about to testify before the UN council )
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Back in the good old days when diesel was not only cheap, but cost less than half that of gasoline - before the EPA and wacko environmentalists stepped in and did everything in their power to make it more costly, forcing engine manufactures to require cow urea to be a separate cost to make the engines run.


11 posted on 03/30/2022 12:42:00 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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I’m hearing $1 per minute.

Wow.


12 posted on 03/30/2022 12:55:55 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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Inflation is going to be killer, just in time for the November elections.


13 posted on 03/30/2022 12:58:08 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Pre-Brandon, it was closer to $3/gal cheaper here in Communois.


14 posted on 03/30/2022 1:53:53 PM PDT by AT7Saluki (No cejar, no ceder)
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Whitaker says he used to charge around $5/mile on certain routes. Now he's charging between $7-9 per mile. He also uses a discount fuel card, and app which identifies the most economical stations where he can fill up on his routes.

Even the huge increase in diesel fuel prices doesn’t translate to a 40%-80% increase in hauling rates.

The real culprit here isn’t diesel fuel costs. It’s the excessive regulation and ongoing supply chain disruptions that severely limit the number of miles a driver can cover over the course of a day. Federal regulations allow long-haul drivers to drive up to 11 hours per day. MIT released a report late last year that said long-haul drivers in the U.S. today only drive an average of 6.5 hours in a day.

The industry is pushing up per-mile shipping rates because they have to make up for all the inefficiencies that have been forced on them that limit the miles they can cover in a day.

15 posted on 03/30/2022 1:58:48 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Mr. Potato Head ... Mr. Potato Head! Back doors are not secrets.")
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The Great Democrat Reset is working just as planned.


19 posted on 03/30/2022 3:10:48 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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you're talking about $90,000-$105,000 a year just on fuel

Imagine all the money they would save and the carbon footprints they would shrink if they just bought battery powered trucks instead of these gas guzzlers!

Or maybe they could also just learn to code?

23 posted on 03/30/2022 4:02:18 PM PDT by Gritty (Follow the money in politics, you find the criminals. Is it now true in the medical profession?)
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I have watched a few of these trucker videos. He uses apps to bid for jobs. He recently mentioned the cost of fuel was similar as the article said from $600 to over $900 for his personal truck and trailer.

JustTruckin
https://www.youtube.com/user/azcat8899/videos

I found his several videos on rebuilding his engine interesting. The people doing the work make it look easy.

Rebuilding A Kenworth W900 550 HP CUMMINS ISX !! Day #1 in the books Huge Thanks to Haggai Diesel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWqoiRQos_s


25 posted on 03/30/2022 9:59:14 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy gas)
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