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This is just wrong on so many levels
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<blockquote data-quote="Scott Doughtie" data-source="post: 804748" data-attributes="member: 65030"><p>Trucking is not the only reason food prices have risen. It is a portion, but not the whole. The cost of energy as a whole has risen, so it costs more to run a plant and/or run a tractor in the field. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My company produces plastic food and beverage containers. It takes natural gas and petroleum to make the plastic resin. It takes a lot of heat to melt down the resin for the blow molding/injection molding process - we use a lot of energy to create that heat. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Our prices have gone through the roof for everything, thus we pass it on to our customers, who then pass it on to the consumer.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Another factor people tend to forget about is the weak Dollar. It has created shortages in several raw material areas. The Europeans can buy it more cheaply here, including transportation back to Europe, than they can at home. This has affected my company as the resin market is now tight. All of our resin is going to Europe and all of Europe's resin is going to Asia. The result, another price increase to pass on to you and me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott Doughtie, post: 804748, member: 65030"] Trucking is not the only reason food prices have risen. It is a portion, but not the whole. The cost of energy as a whole has risen, so it costs more to run a plant and/or run a tractor in the field. My company produces plastic food and beverage containers. It takes natural gas and petroleum to make the plastic resin. It takes a lot of heat to melt down the resin for the blow molding/injection molding process - we use a lot of energy to create that heat. Our prices have gone through the roof for everything, thus we pass it on to our customers, who then pass it on to the consumer. Another factor people tend to forget about is the weak Dollar. It has created shortages in several raw material areas. The Europeans can buy it more cheaply here, including transportation back to Europe, than they can at home. This has affected my company as the resin market is now tight. All of our resin is going to Europe and all of Europe's resin is going to Asia. The result, another price increase to pass on to you and me. [/QUOTE]
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SportTrac Discussion
Fluids: Oil, ATF, Coolant, etc.
This is just wrong on so many levels
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