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The problem with skyrocketing fuel prices is that would punish everybody in america, not just the equipment owners that refuse to upgrade to a more efficient vehicle. Enough of these vehicles are on the road that they drive overall freight rates higher just because they suck down more fuel.
I'm not going to say EVERYTHING arrives by truck, but odds are really good that "if you bought it, a truck brought it." Increased fuel prices simply to force companies to buy more efficient trucks are going to be passed through to the trucking company customers, and from them on to you.
We are talking about incredibly stubborn people - they will change their ways when they go out of business, and enough of them have the same mentality about bigger is better that it will be a very long time before someone with a 'brick' will actually be at a disadvantage (because the freight rates will simply raise to pay for the increased fuel cost) - and in the meantime, the extra fuel they're sucking down is getting passed through to YOU.
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