Will America's truckers say so long to sleeping in cozy cabs in the dim light of the Wal-Mart parking lot, cuddled beside a lukewarm can of Schlitz? That's the threat that some disgruntled truckers have recently brought to the table, given the price of diesel is now around $4 a gallon. Talk of a nationwide strike by truckers has been traveling the Interstate, as has word that truckers are rigging up a plan to revolt.

A few greasy renegades have already staged rallies to protest rising fuel costs. In Pennsylvania, truckers gathered at the Capitol to request that local legislators lessen in-state taxes on fuel. Throughout the U.S., there are murmurs of a day-long, nation-wide boycott by truckers to call attention to their woeful tale. Truckers are also begging President Bush to back their pleas for lower taxes and a break on fuel cost by tapping into the nation's oil reserves.

There may be a bright side to rising fuel costs that most Americans can't yet see. If truckers get a collective carectomy, maybe the average car commuters are next in line.

Sources: Wben.com and CBS4Denver

Photo via via flickr by daniel shea.

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Mark said:

If they do manage to get access to the national oil reserves, or reduce taxation on fuel, they'll just burn more of it, making it run out faster. All they are doing is delaying the inevitable price hike, and avoiding having to adapt to it. Why don't they just charge more for their services to take into account the cost of providing their services?

April 11, 2008

Doug Pickett said:

Without truckers how will we get the goods everyone relies on everyday? Using the remaining fuels for recreation such as motorcycling, four-wheeling, and snowmobiles in the forest is appalling. However, the people providing us with food, clothing, and all the other necessities of daily life should be supported. Of all the fuel users, truckers are the only ones who should get a break.

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