The Struggle for Fuel
Automobiles are a way of life throughout the world. We use gas every day — and as the prices begin to rise, we will start to see a lot of issues with people refusing to drive. What happens when the people we need to drive, refuse to?
MEDFORD, Ore. - Some independent U.S. truckers are planning to stop hauling freight on April 1 in protest of record-high diesel prices that are cutting into profit margins.
Independent truckers, who constitute 90 percent of the nation’s trucking fleet, are caught paying the high diesel price without any increase in their rates, according to a trade organization. (Link)
At $1,200 dollars a fill up, I would probably refuse to drive as well. Such a strike can cause a lot of economic damage within the United States, as ‘trucking’ is still the most popular and most efficient way of moving cargo from point A to point B.
Sadly, I do not think there is a solution near by. Prices are going up, because oil prices are going up. The oil prices are going up because processing plants are shutting down. It is a cascading effect that will be ever continuing. The long term solution is to develop new automobiles that can use a new type of fuel.
However, once the new cars are mass marketed, you still need to convince people to buy them — and that is an even bigger issue.
Justin
Tags: cargo, Driving, Gas, Oil, prices, shipping
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