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Old 08-10-2011, 03:47 PM   #21 (permalink)
Clev
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Originally Posted by p38fln View Post
Oh, nothing can be done for market fluctuations forcing the price up - i meant doing dumb things like $5 a gallon tax on diesel fuel
Ah, gotcha. Well, even that could be done. New trucks are available in 2014, so add $1 ever other year starting in 2024. Manufacturers get the incentive they need, trucking companies get a distant enough roadmap that they can plan ahead, and the markets and customers get plenty of notice as well.

One thing that should be explored is making the gross limits higher. I wonder how much fuel could be saved just by changing the maximum gross on US highways from 80,000 to 90,000 pounds.

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