...Diesel fuel jumps to new record high of $4.168 a gallon.

[Harry Hope]

From The Associated Press, 4/18/08:
http://www.newsday.com/business/nationworld/ats-ap_business12apr18,0,6877159.story

By JOHN WILEN | AP Business Writer

Diesel fuel added 2.2 cents to a record national average of $4.168 a
gallon.

The spike in the cost of fuel is hurting consumers already feeling the
effects of a slowing economy, a sluggish job market and falling home
values.

Soaring prices of diesel, which runs most of the world's trucks,
trains, ships and heavy equipment, is a major factor pushing food
prices higher.

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Harry

 

[Patriot Games]

"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:tdoh04t24mpb1p9a3a9dk1fhcf4orv4skr@4ax.com...
> From The Associated Press, 4/18/08:
> http://www.newsday.com/business/nationworld/ats-ap_business12apr18,0,6877159.story
> Diesel fuel added 2.2 cents to a record national average of $4.168 a
> gallon.

What are the Democrats in Congress doing about this?

 

[B1ackwater]

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:00:44 -0400, Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

>
>From The Associated Press, 4/18/08:
>http://www.newsday.com/business/nationworld/ats-ap_business12apr18,0,6877159.story
>
>By JOHN WILEN | AP Business Writer
>
>Diesel fuel added 2.2 cents to a record national average of $4.168 a
>gallon.
>
>The spike in the cost of fuel is hurting consumers already feeling the
>effects of a slowing economy, a sluggish job market and falling home
>values.
>
>Soaring prices of diesel, which runs most of the world's trucks,
>trains, ships and heavy equipment, is a major factor pushing food
>prices higher.


PAST time to re-organize the way we DO things I think.
No more living on crap trucked 3000 miles. That means
you buy your food from LOCAL farmers, your goods from
LOCAL manufacturers. It means you live NEAR where you
work, NEAR where you play, NEAR where the kids go to
school."Transportation" is the enemy, the wallet-killer,
the bankrupter of nations.

Yea, yea, there's SOME stuff that simply HAS to be
transported long distance. Well, junk most of the
18-wheelers and spiff-up the RAIL SYSTEM instead.
Rail freight is vastly cheaper than truck freight
and the main bit of "infrastructure" is two metal
rods seperated by a piece of concrete or wood - MUCH
cheaper to create and maintain than an 8-lane
interstate highway.