Diesel Prices

Ok, I can live with high gas prices. I dont commute to work. I dont drive a lot of places. I use about 30 gallons of gas a month. BUT COME ON NOW!! My livlihood relies on the very cost of diesel. UUUGHHH... I hate this. It's so hard to watch Dan go off every week, and have the price of diesel go up 10 cents a week.

I get scared thinking about how much it is going to effect all of us pretty soon. How does this work.... in Cali diesel was $3.60 in February, April $4.60, now end of May $5.10! This is insane. I get choked up when I see stories on the news about other trucking families that are hanging up the keys after a life's work in the trucking industry.

I remember when I was a kid and I visited my grandma in Alaska. I remember thinking that it was insane that the groceries in the local town cost about twice the price that they did at home. Grandma said it was because it cost so much in shipping it to the small town. OK, well those days are here... If diesel gets up to 7-10 a gallon, you can imagine a loaf of white bread for $5, and a gallon of milk for $8.... You just wait! It scares me. Scary thoughts that lead to civil war, and end of times stuff. I am not usually one for government stepping in and making a lot of rules, but please I think it's time. Are they going to wait until the country comes to a standstill becuase trucks can't afford to run anymore?

I know... just raise the prices of your freight. Good though, but I LOT of truckers get frieght through brokers. And until brokers allow the prices to go up instead of pocketing the difference, the truckers won't see a price increase. It all takes time, and I guess it's a fight to see who can last the longest.