Do you think protests like this will lower the price these truckers have to pay for fuel?
http://www.faz.net/s/Rub0E9EEF84AC1E4A389A8DC6C23161FE44/Doc~EBBBE9087D2FC477FA5E01B7D412962E8~ATpl~Ecommon~SMed.html#23D459C2984A4D46A419C849FD083569

There's a remote possibility they could get some relief on the political side by getting their government to reduce some of the tax on the fuel, but they won't get anywhere on the underlying economic reasons why fuel has gone up so much.

__________________
Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

I don't know, but that hammock idea is pretty cool. I wonder if he has an exercise routine using his front bumper like Sylvester Stallone in "Over the Top".

__________________
Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

It's the audacity of trucker hope.

They would be better off figuring out how to deal with high fuel prices. Maybe there are to many trucks on the road and the fleet needs to shrink to drive shipping costs up to return profits.

Certianly in this country long distance, IE across country is foolish. Rail is a much better solution.

Capitalism is a cruel mistress.

__________________
1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Well I think the pressure to get prices down will come from the Spanish government. The truckers have really turned life upside down for people, and the people will put pressure on the govt. If you read the article you'll see that stores are running out of food because of this strike, in some areas half the gas stations have run out of fuel. Tourist areas are suffering. Tourism is hurting and this is high season.
Car dealers aren't getting cars, etc, etc.

And Spain has already left Iraq!

Used to be, maybe back around WWII, that one could ship personal goods by rail.
And lately, I've been seeing TV ads touting rail transport.
But have you ever tried to get something shipped by rail? If you aren't GE or GM, they aren't interested.
In August 1997, I tried to get a car shipped from Oklahoma City to Alexandria Virginia. When I called the local rail depot, they all but laughed at me and told me to hire a truck! I flew back home, returned with my tow-dolly and towed the car back myself.

Happy Motoring, Mark

__________________
DrDKW

Rail transport got very unpopular for a while in the United States. The railroads were able to survive (with some help from the federal government-which also helped get them into the mess in the first place) by sticking to what they could do A LOT better than trucks, namely transport very large tonnages over long distances at low prices. Their system isn't really set up to handle customers who want to ship less than a carload of something, though with the rising price of fuel, the interest level of small-shipment customers may rise, and the railroads may try to take advantage of opportunities in that market. I'd like to see it happen. Trains are cool.

__________________
Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.