Re: Typical pig behavior perfect example of why there's bad air, high gas prices..

On 2008-05-30, Dave Head <rally2xs@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 29 May 2008 18:02:24 -0500, Brent P
<tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 2008-05-29, Dave Head <rally2xs@xxxxxxx> wrote:

All you have is name calling because deep down you know I'm right.


Look, genius, we're not talking about a strike, we're talking about fuel being
so expensive that it is impossible to make any money transporting anything by
truck.

If at first you don't succeed, change the ground rules. The question
posed was if every (long distance) truck driver walked off the job at
the same time. But then you already knew this. Now you want to play a
different game.

Sorry, you lose.

Its the same thing, only the reason for walking off the job is the most likely
one - they can't make any money. That is where this economy is going - gas
going up so high that trucking is 100% unprofitable, and... all the truckers
walk off the job.

Price increases in fuel will simply cause a gradual shift of business to
more fuel effecient means. there will be no mass walking off the job
unless it was just another 'strike'. In which case they'll just use
mexican trucking companies thanks to SPP/NAFTA.

I didn't look clear back to the start of the thread - if that's not what we're
talking about, it _should be_ what we're talking about.

Kinda keeps you from fudging that "things will be OK" or "they'll get someone
else to drive 'em" nonsense - in this scenario, the trucks shut down, never to
return.

All my points are valid under a refusal to work situation. If merely
high fuel prices, it will be a general inflation, a general rise in
prices until competition takes long distance trucking's business away to
bring prices back down somewhat. Long distance trucking will slowly
lose business until it serves a speciality/niche market.

And you'd starve, which was the point.

Not at all. A mere price increase in fuel will not do that. It might
hurt me because I have far too much savings in US dollars, but I won't
starve. Just one of these:
http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=14136&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=14239

Will allow me to eat for a good long time.







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