04-01-2008, 08:31 PM | #1 |
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truckers protesting diesel costs slow NJ traffic...
....i swear to god if i got caught in that traffic, i would start blowing up 18 wheeler indiscriminately that would make me so angry.
it's one thing to protest, but typical non-thinking moronathons want to back up traffic for miles, too. now, i actually hope those guys suffer.
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It's almost as stupid as invading Iraq because of Osama and Co.
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04-01-2008, 09:43 PM | #3 |
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yeah, i guess that was my point, too.
protest all you want, but why ruin every one else's night, too? let's be honest, it's not as though the average commuter really like truckers anyway --this sort of thing goes a long way to improving this, no?
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04-01-2008, 11:45 PM | #4 |
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Truckers did a similiar thing here in Cali when the gas prices started going up. They all parked their rigs in the middle of freeways to stop traffic. Bunch of retards.
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Call it what you will; civil disobedience, disorderly conduct or demonstrations - the whole point is to create a ruckus and get lots of attention - maximum bang for the buck. It's especially effective if it's done in a forum that highlights the demonstrator's issues - the highway certainly seems appropriate. It'd piss me off, too, but that's the idea - to make YOU a part of the inconvenience these guys are living. Ed Last edited by Sharp11; 04-02-2008 at 12:38 AM. Reason: added quote |
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04-02-2008, 07:56 AM | #6 |
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This seems to be an effective way of communicating their frustrations. This isn't directed at you, Sharp, but wouldn't it make more sense to just adjust their shipping rates according to current fuel prices?
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04-02-2008, 08:45 AM | #7 |
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Time to expand the rail system.
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04-02-2008, 08:46 AM | #8 |
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It's an effective way of communicating the need to levy another tax on them.
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04-02-2008, 09:15 AM | #9 | |
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for guys who get paid by the mile, sitting idle in truckstops or slowing their progress --gosh, sure seems like a bright way to protest to me. unless i'm missing something (and i usually do), it seems the best way is to pass on the cost to the consumer like all of the other sectors of the economy. so if fuel (a speculated commodity) was the primary cost of my business, i guess in a semi-capitalist paradigm i might think about how to reduce or to control those costs. i don't personally know, but how much pressure is on the OEM manufacturers to reach fuel efficiency?
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04-02-2008, 09:24 AM | #10 |
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I don't understand something.. Why is diesel so much more expensive than gasoline? Isn't it a "lower" product in the refinery hierarchy? In RoW, diesel is MUCH cheaper than gasoline. Is RoW subsidizing diesel or is the good'ole USA subsidizing gasoline?
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