Gas Prices: When Do You Complain? - Toyota Yaris Forums

TLyttle · 10-22-2010, 02:15 AM

The fact that everyone wants their stuff TODAY is where the freight hit is coming from. Shipping by rail is 1/10th the price, bu no one is going to wait for their stuff. So now it comes by truck, longhaul, by guys who are driving for below minimum hourly wage... unless they are on, shall we say, "other imports". Sure, it is faster, but since diesel became popular, the price will be what the market will bear, and the hell with ruining the country.

Europe has an elaborate and efficient rail system for both freight and passengers, and we are stuck in our cars... Ah, well, GM etc are making good money on their truck sales, and all is well in North America!

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10-22-2010, 02:15 AM	#26
TLyttle Drives: 07 Yaris sedan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Keremeos BC Posts: 986	The fact that everyone wants their stuff TODAY is where the freight hit is coming from. Shipping by rail is 1/10th the price, bu no one is going to wait for their stuff. So now it comes by truck, longhaul, by guys who are driving for below minimum hourly wage... unless they are on, shall we say, "other imports". Sure, it is faster, but since diesel became popular, the price will be what the market will bear, and the hell with ruining the country. Europe has an elaborate and efficient rail system for both freight and passengers, and we are stuck in our cars... Ah, well, GM etc are making good money on their truck sales, and all is well in North America!