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Bobby, what happened is the Teamsters and maybe other truckers' organizations used to scream very loudly when diesel prices climbed because it ate into or eliminated their profit. Then our wonderful politicians allowed them to write contracts based on expected fuel cost and then to add a surcharge to cover the difference if the price goes up. Thus their profit is no longer affected and they don't scream and holler when prices go up. We consumers and little guys get to pay it both in our retail product prices and at the pump. Nobody listens to us.
When we started fulltiming, diesel was $1.209 per gallon and gasoline was $1.259. In my guesstimate for future costs I figured in two to three years it would be at $1.509 per gallon. One of the worst guesses I've ever made.
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