Raw Video: Truckers Protest Fuel Prices in DC

Ache · Heavy Crude Joined: Apr 23, 2005 Posts: 253

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Truckers protest high gasoline prices

Eli

The guy gives you a clue as to what is happening in the macro right now. He says he simply cannot pass on the extra cost, that is because there are just too many trucking companies.

It is like the airlines right now.

cube · Fusion Joined: Mar 12, 2005 Posts: 3588

I'm not without sympathy but they seem to be as clueless as real estate agents. Blaring horns on a freeway is not going to make light sweet crude oil jump out of the ground.

Please don't tell me they expect government to solve their problems. I always get scarred when people do that.

mos6507

Yes, I really don't know what the hell they expect to get out of the government.

Gandalf_the_White · Intermediate Crude Joined: Nov 21, 2007 Posts: 511

Maybe if 'dem truckers did'nt spend so much time prowling the trucks stops for misfortunate youth they would have a little more money in their pockets.

After realizing the scuzzy underbelly of long haul trucking I think we should trade it all in for some national dedicated maglevs to regional hubs and make sure that every driver get's home to his family every night. Then we would also eliminate the driving 20 hours straight as well as the sexploitation of youth fleeing abusive homes. It's a win/win.

Hows that sound?
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Dreamtwister · Fission Joined: Feb 06, 2006 Posts: 2219

cube · Fusion Joined: Mar 12, 2005 Posts: 3588

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dorlomin · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Aug 05, 2007 Posts: 1063

English trucker revolting.

cube · Fusion Joined: Mar 12, 2005 Posts: 3588

RedStateGreen

I found truckers driving around protesting high fuel costs ... somewhat ironic.
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smiley · Fission Joined: Apr 16, 2004 Posts: 2126 Location: Europe

Maybe if they bought a decent truck or didn't dress it up like a christmas tree they would get a decent mileage.

6 miles a gallon is shameful. A modern tractor trailer combo would be able to get more than 9 miles out of a gallon.

phaeryen · Heavy Crude Joined: Apr 18, 2007 Posts: 124

This is funny, in the ironic way.

Though I wish were at the stage of I massive, angry demonstrations over food and energy costs, which lead to uncontrolled rioting, which lead to violence, which lead to military intervention against civilians. Over food, shelter and gas. In America.

ColossalContrarian · Intermediate Crude Joined: Jun 20, 2006 Posts: 634

If I were a trucker in times like these I would expect BushCo to go get our oil out of the mideast or whereever else it is and to do it fast!

If it comes from biofuels and people elsewhere go hungry? Too bad, the worlds over populated already, die-off is going to happen at some point. Truckers need their jobs
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as it all goes down it’ll go down with everyone protecting their own.

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