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Posted on: May 02 2014,2:47 am |
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I don't think so. The track in Virginia had been inspected 3 months ago. I smell sabotage. 
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Posted on: May 02 2014,4:25 am |
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^^seems like they'd want to do it where there would be more collateral damages, I hope it's not sabotage.
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Posted on: May 02 2014,5:59 am |
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It made the news, job done.
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Posted on: May 03 2014,6:39 am |
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(irisheyes @ May 02 2014,12:55 pm)
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QUOTE Where's your butcher's meat or feed surcharge? I mean, how does the butcher figure out how much to charge if he doesn't have a surcharge to tell him? Or your uniform and truck maintenance costs, do you send a copy of that after you sign contracts? QUOTE Any time you want to explain transportation topics to me just let me know  I'm not, you're the expert in transportation. But, you don't need a surcharge to figure out fixed or variable expenses.
Well, I'm not a butcher and surcharges are how the transportation world works.
A business calculates their charges by a profit target of percentage. The fuel surcharge is a "sliding" scale that adjusts charges accordingly as fuel prices fluctuate.
This is how businesses work, there is a profit margine, see how that works? 
No profit, no business(unless you're a gov. Run business, then you don't need profit, just taxpayer money)
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(irisheyes @ May 02 2014,12:55 pm)
QUOTE Back to the XL pipeline debate... The last time Republicans were chanting "drill baby, drill" it didn't lower fuel prices, but coincidentally Halliburton and friends turned much of the Gulf black from crude that couldn't be stopped for months.Yeah, let's go ahead and trust the oil companies over one of our largest freshwater aquifers. You guys know what's best. 
Let's go back to the horse and buggy days when the only pollution was horsesh!t,
You could become an expert(if you aren't already)
Seriously I don't know what you have in mind for a solution, solar? Probably decades away from being remotely viable. Wind? Those windmills look really pretty on the praire about the same efficiency. We could fiancé more of those green energy companies, that's worked so well for us
Let's produce more ethonol, the last readingsI got comparing ethonol to regular gasoline was about 26% less mileage(it's actually cheaper to run the more expensive non-ox) plus the modern farmer loves welfare.
So what do you have for a solution Cap.?
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(Self-Banished @ May 03 2014,6:56 am)
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(irisheyes @ May 02 2014,12:55 pm)
QUOTE Back to the XL pipeline debate... The last time Republicans were chanting "drill baby, drill" it didn't lower fuel prices, but coincidentally Halliburton and friends turned much of the Gulf black from crude that couldn't be stopped for months.Yeah, let's go ahead and trust the oil companies over one of our largest freshwater aquifers. You guys know what's best. Let's go back to the horse and buggy days when the only pollution was horsesh!t, You could become an expert(if you aren't already) Seriously I don't know what you have in mind for a solution, solar? Probably decades away from being remotely viable. Wind? Those windmills look really pretty on the praire about the same efficiency. We could fiancé more of those green energy companies, that's worked so well for us Let's produce more ethonol, the last readingsI got comparing ethonol to regular gasoline was about 26% less mileage(it's actually cheaper to run the more expensive non-ox) plus the modern farmer loves welfare. So what do you have for a solution Cap.?
Solar is not decades away from being viable. Even if that was true, what would the reason for that be, since their were credible warnings about where we were heading as far back as the early 70's?
Individual or small scale wind/solar projects DO work.
A few people on a forum can't be expected to fix the problems and stave off the catastrophes headed our way. If more people knew how bad things are with water shortages and pollution, do you think they would be content to just keep letting things go as they have been? I think the majority would be demanding that things change immediately, even if it meant that they might have to do some things a bit differently in their own lives.
There ARE viable alternatives, and things can be turned around, but what is talked about in the mainstream? The big wind\solar project subsidies and flops. How often are success stories of individuals who rely on alternatives mentioned?
The very first Diesel engine used peanut oil as fuel. (Have to give credit to my 13 year old for pointing that out to me). Pretty much ALL oils can be used as fuels, soybean, hemp, even recycled cooking oil. It can be done. And if more people were aware of the problems and working on solutions, we might have a chance.
I want your honest opinion SB, what do you think is going to happen in the very near future if things keep going as they are?
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Posted on: May 03 2014,11:24 am |
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(Rosalind_Swenson @ May 03 2014,9:38 am)
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(irisheyes @ May 02 2014,12:55 pm)
QUOTE Back to the XL pipeline debate... The last time Republicans were chanting "drill baby, drill" it didn't lower fuel prices, but coincidentally Halliburton and friends turned much of the Gulf black from crude that couldn't be stopped for months.Yeah, let's go ahead and trust the oil companies over one of our largest freshwater aquifers. You guys know what's best. Let's go back to the horse and buggy days when the only pollution was horsesh!t, You could become an expert(if you aren't already) Seriously I don't know what you have in mind for a solution, solar? Probably decades away from being remotely viable. Wind? Those windmills look really pretty on the praire about the same efficiency. We could fiancé more of those green energy companies, that's worked so well for us Let's produce more ethonol, the last readingsI got comparing ethonol to regular gasoline was about 26% less mileage(it's actually cheaper to run the more expensive non-ox) plus the modern farmer loves welfare. So what do you have for a solution Cap.? Solar is not decades away from being viable. Even if that was true, what would the reason for that be, since their were credible warnings about where we were heading as far back as the early 70's? Individual or small scale wind/solar projects DO work. A few people on a forum can't be expected to fix the problems and stave off the catastrophes headed our way. If more people knew how bad things are with water shortages and pollution, do you think they would be content to just keep letting things go as they have been? I think the majority would be demanding that things change immediately, even if it meant that they might have to do some things a bit differently in their own lives. There ARE viable alternatives, and things can be turned around, but what is talked about in the mainstream? The big wind\solar project subsidies and flops. How often are success stories of individuals who rely on alternatives mentioned? The very first Diesel engine used peanut oil as fuel. (Have to give credit to my 13 year old for pointing that out to me). Pretty much ALL oils can be used as fuels, soybean, hemp, even recycled cooking oil. It can be done. And if more people were aware of the problems and working on solutions, we might have a chance. I want your honest opinion SB, what do you think is going to happen in the very near future if things keep going as they are?
I forgot to add a few more alternatives that could make things immensely better in pretty much every part of our lives. Not just power and fuel. Hemp, bamboo and flax are just a few. (I'm a huge fan of bamboo)
Growing and producing these three alternatives would drastically cut down water and chemical usage. They are great alternatives to concrete, metal, cotton, lumber, etc.
Far cheaper, easier and safer during every part of production. I would think it'd be a win-win to everyone except Monsanto types, big oil, companies decimating forests all over the globe and various other corps. profiting at the expense of the future generations.
It's insane that we are not jumping into alternatives. Too bad the mainstream national news doesn't inform us of how dire things are beginning to get. Why do you think that is?
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