It'd Be Tough to Be a Truck Driver These Days
I heard on the radio that a truck driver paid over 1000 dollars to fill up a semi. I wasn't sure if that was reasonable or not, but it seems like it is.
A big Peterbilt can have two 150 gallon tanks and diesel is going for 4 dollars or more a gallon....so if a trucker was on empty he'd pay 1200 dollars to fill up.
Letting market forces determine the price (and indirectly the supply and demand) of oil may end up being a little more free-market than people want, if it ends up meaning we can't transport the goods we depend on over-the-road truckers to deliver.
If Jimmy Carter's plan to raise CAFE standards in the late 70's would have been followed by Ronald Reagan and subsequent leaders we would at least have some more time to come up with a viable plan to provide our nations energy needs.