It's about ENERGY COST, stupid!

[Gary - K7GLD]

There is growing concern and confusion as to why the overall US economy is staggering in nearly all sectors...



Seems the "experts" simply can't comprehend - or are in denial - that the cost of energy has tremendous impact upon all aspects of daily living. Energy, both in electricity, and various fossil-derived forms, is the basic foundation block of pretty much everything we do.



Farming, as well as obtaining and delivering and processing a wide variety of commodities and raw materials rely of economical cost of transportation and processing - increase that cost dramatically, and pretty much EVERYTHING we touch suffers!



Vehicle and various industrial, farming and processing fuel costs control to a great extent where we will travel, live, and plant in crops - those in turn determine economies of communities, industries, employment and availability of workforce - virtually the whole spectrum of what we eat, build, buy or drive, and where we will live, travel and support as we pass by either as local consumers, or as vacationing travelers, is controlled by the availability and expense of the energy involved.



Damage or seriously destabilize the foundation of a structure, and the WHOLE STRUCTURE is weakened and threatened with failure. . .



And our economy "experts", as well as those in government, just don't seem to "get it" yet!

 

[MN Cummins Lvr]

Gary,



Great thread... you stated it very well! I get sick of people complaining about how much it costs to fill up there SUV's People need to start thinking "outside the box" about the cost of diesel fuel and how that will increase the prices of goods and services in our economy. It's not only in the logistics/transportation process, but also the manufacturing process.



Paul

 

[daveshoe]

1. Buy at Wal-Mart to ''save money and live better''

2. Wal-Mart buys stuff from China

3. Boats sail across the ocean,using mass quantities of fuel.

4. Chinese peasants now have jobs and money to buy motorized vehicles.

5. Using more mass quantities of fuel

6. Ship the stuff all across the USA,from the seaports

7. Using still more mass quantities of fuel.

8. causing more traffic and highway deaths.

9. Wallet is empty,so you shop at Wal-Mart to save money and live better

10. Politicians pass laws on car manufacturers because we are using too much fuel,and also pass legislation that favors importing more junk from overseas. Past politicians killed off the trains in favor of trucks on the highway

11. Using still more mass quantities of fuel

 

[Jim Smith]

wow these are so good i'm going to save them. the truth is spoken. bring back the trains, nothing against truck drivers but there is a smarter way. i've said it before let the trains do the big hauling, and smaller trucks haul from railheads to final destinations.