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Old 08-10-2011, 03:42 PM   #20 (permalink)
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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.
I'll live with it, then. I'm not about to call for more legislation forcing inefficient rigs off the road, because that leads to even higher costs as truckers pass the cost to the consumer of being forced to buy more efficient rigs. The government regulates too much, as it is.
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