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Also let me add my thought process to this -
These are vehicles that can cost well over $100,000 even in stripped down fleet configuration, and almost no one keeps them for less than 3 years, with many fleets and o/o's keeping them for 7 to 10 years.
They aren't going to replace them next year because of high fuel costs - they're going to run them until they're paid for, and THEN replace them. To do otherwise is financial suicide. So what happens in the meantime? They burn more fuel. Skyrocketing fuel costs wind up doing nothing more than translating into higher costs for bread and milk at the grocery story, because the trucking company can't just throw out their $100,000 truck because the new one will save fuel - they woudln't be able to afford it.
I'm all for more efficient truck tractors, but making everyone pay more for groceries isn't the way to do it.
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