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COMMENT * USA - Don't put so much blame on trucking industry
Allentown,PA,USA -The Allentown Morning Call, by Nolan A. Perin -October 15, 2007: -- Gripes by local columnist Paul Carpenter about the pampered trucking industry with respect to fuel tax and toll charges can be rectified... Approximating 5 miles per gallon for trucks versus 30 miles per gallon for cars, and assuming his 9,600 to 1 ratio for highway damage, simply adjust truck fuel taxes to 1,600 times car taxes, per gallon, effective immediately (6 to 1 miles per gallon ratio)... That way, virtually all truckers will be off the highways upon consumption of their present fuel load because they cannot afford to fuel up. If there are any remaining trucking companies, they will buy up those that are bankrupt and, considering that it would take about 120 gallons of diesel for a truck to go from here to Pittsburgh and back, the fuel tax bill alone will be about $105,534... Then, a current $1,200 trip cost, of which about $360 is fuel, will escalate to $106,394, the adjusted difference being driver salary, maintenance, and amortization of the equipment. As far as the tolls go, just invoice the trucker the quoted $240,000 and simply add the $106,394 cost, and the trip will be all in at about $346,394 or about $15,745 per ton of freight. That ought to get those rascals off the road. This is ridiculous, of course, but no more ridiculous than what's already been presented. Put simply, there is no free lunch. If we voters pile expenses on the truckers, they simply have to raise their fees to compensate. Moreover, most of the truckers I know are living in small houses and not driving expensive personal cars... (Photo from www.mlabbe.com)* USA - White House: Keep car, truck fuel standards separate
Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -October 16, 2007: -- The White House vowed in a letter to congressional leaders that it would veto any bill that doesn't separate fuel economy standards for light trucks and passenger cars... Allan Hubbard, director of the White House National Economic Council, said in a letter late Monday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders that the White House was offering a "basic framework for an energy bill that would not compel that president's senior advisors to recommend a veto"...
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