Refineries all over the country are doing expansions, improvements, and debottleneck projects left and right. Most design and construction firms have more work than they can handle right now. None of it is going to make a huge impact though until someone starts building new refineries.

Saw on the news where truckers in Pa. formed a convoy and drove to the capital. It was a very quick piece on the news, kind of like an afterthought.
Eddie

Most truck drivers are so dumb they won't even do things to help themselves.
Their all crying about the cost of fuel. The next time you are close to a truckstop, pull in and you will see at least 75% of the trucks sitting there idling the motors. They can't even do the simple math.
Your average truck burns 1.5 gallons a fuel per hour. At $4.00 per gallon that is $6.00 per hour.
The government law makes drivers take a 10 break after 11 hours of driving. 10hrs @ $6.00per hr. = $60 per day. 5 days per week = $300 per week, $1200 per month, $14,400 per year.
They will leave their trucks running even if the don't need heat or air condition.
A generator system complete with air, heat and heat to keep the motor warm burns .02 a gallon per hour. They are $9000 fully installed and will pay for themselves in under 9 months and out wear 2 trucks.
They won't even shut their trucks off while their sitting at a dock loading for a couple of hours.
There are a lot of other ways they could help themselves save money, progressive shifting, more aerodynamics, drive slower, don't make sharp turns so they can cut down on tire wear.
Do they have a voice representing them to the government?
If they want to do something to be noticed they should just boycott Washington DC for a week or two.

I'm just sick and tired of listen to them pizz and moan about not making any money and then watch them foolishly pizz it away.

I agree about the generators but here in calif starting this january the state will want it to have the same emissions as the truck engine so companies here are waiting to see what happens before spending the money on them

Railroads are looking really good right about now.

Too bad that they didn't strike. My drive in would have been peaceful for once.

Well we have a generator on the side of our truck. Now they say we can't use them to idle with either. Makes no sense. I really like the comment about truckers being dumb, thanks for that.

It is not all about the fuel. try toll roads, more taxes, fuel surcharges, rules for hours of service, and just to never mind

Just when you thought oil companies made enough money...now they are looking for tax breaks!


http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/31/news...ring/index.htm

If you look, I said most. Just go in any big truckstop and you will see what I mean.

Here is a question do you shut your heat and air off when you are at home?
Because this is our homes. I am at a truck stop and there are trucks running. Like I said they are in there homes. Like it or not that is the way it has been for years.