just heard on the news that the truck drivers, in protest for high gas prices, are going to not going to drive on tuesday. everyone is scared that it is going to end up as a strike.

numbers just one day

95 gals at 4.05 per gal is $384.75, one stop

384.75 pumped by 10 drivers at one time is 3847.50

at 10 gas stations alone 3847.50 is $38,475

I think some of my numbers are low

Wow that will make one long day for me as I load trucks for a living . You digits are are probably about right for say 15 minutes . At 385.00 a truck theres about 100,000 trucks at any given time on the road all they gotta do is skip 1 fuel stop and not make it up monday or wed. thats an attention getter .

I loaded trucks for about 2 years. I did not like it much my self.

I'll add this, if all 100,000 trucks stop at one time in a 15min span

$38,500,000 in 15 mins, DAMN

What really bothers me the most about this entire gas shortage/price gouging that is going on... isprices climb every day at the pumps. The increase in petrolium products like gasoline, diesel fueland home heating fuelcauses hardships on family budgets, especially those on set incomes like some of the retired and elderly. Not to mention those with low paying jobs. Add to that the impact caused onthe transportation industry which is being priced right out of jobs. Andof course the comsumers like ourselves that see increased shipping prices of merchandise to our homes, increases in prices on in store merchandise and grocery stores, etc.. The Petrolium giants are posting RECORD profits for the entire time our gasoline prices have increased. There are a number or reasons we are told as who is to blame. OPEC is often blamed, then there is an alledged shortage, or the price per barrel increases they tell us, yet we still see the petrolium giants post record profits while we suffer at the pumps.

When you have a Presidency that has Texas crude oil running through its veins,you are not going to see any relief or help from them.

I agree savage head.
Diesel was $4.29.9 a gallon Friday when I went out.
I am one of those on a fixed income and seen the day dawning so we are trying to start up anew bussness but that isn't going well either due to china importing. We just can not compete with USDA rules and slave labor.

I wouldn't hold my breath on the truckers stopping Tuesday. To many companys have sircharges in shipping contracts for fuel cost changes so this doesn't effect them all that much.

Al

Oil companies have both ways. It cost us more for our fuel and the fuel to get the goods we buy delivered. I just cant believe they are reporting the profits they are making. Thing arent going to change anytime soon either I'm afraid!!

It is called "Capitalism" - which is basically a good theory - but in today's world where motivation to make money for yourself(stockholders) and the wages paid to CEO's - most major companies today do not ask "how can we help our country?" but more or less "how can we make the most money for the company"and to add to that these majorcorporations pay leadership big bucks depending on the money made. And of course the the opposit is true - if you lose money- you will likely lose your job also... so their are risks...

It is really to bad that the US, today and back intohistory,needs a major negative world happening to rally us with each other to reach a common good.

Just mumbleling...

We are not over this fuel crunch by a long shot. I sure wish they would re-invent the electric car. That General Motors EV-1 was a sharp looking car. The one that Honda had made was also pretty cool. Toyota had an Electric Rava 4 that was supposed to be pretty good. And from the reports of those that drove the EV-1's, they were an excellent mode of transportation. But all the EV-1's were collected by General Motors and were taken away to be analyzedthe owners were told. Instead, they were sent to a crusher instead of studied for flaws (if you can believe the documentaries you watch.. IE; Who Killed the Electric Car ).

It would have been nice to havepushed that kind of technology years ago when these programs had been started. With the progress they were making, it would havemade this country less dependent on foreign oil reserves. That would have been the salvation of the energy crisis as we know it now. WE could have told some of these countries that hold their thumb on the American pocket book to pour their oil in the sand and eat it.

For those that remember the last fuel crunch in the 80's I went out and bought a Volkswagen Truck that has a diesel engine. It was built from the Volkswagen Rabbit diesel. They were made in 81 & 82 only. That truck, the best I got with it was 61 mpg on the interstate. Must have had a tail wind that day. It normally got between 48 & 52 mpg city and hwy combined. I wish I had that vehicle back in new condition. It was bullet proof, started excellent, went through snow like a tractor, and could haul deer as well as my big Silverado.. What is the best gas mileage car you ever owned? (since we got of the muzzleloading topic all together)

I must be a socialest or maybe I am one of those commie types.
I feel that when a company can make a record profit while runing our country into the ground then it is time to TAX them hard. Nothing wrong with making a profit but they have went way beyond that.

Those people holding shares in the oil companies are not makeing record dividens. It is all going to line the pockets of the higher personal.
Look at the old CEO of home depot, company looseing money and market share and still gets a huge pay off to leave.

Al