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And the recession begins. Trucking companies laying off will have a huge ripple effect on the already broken supply chain and drag us down very quickly. Good work Biden. Your anti fossil fuels agenda is going as planned.
“A lot of these trucks you see now are not going to be here anymore.”
“Maurice Burnside, owner of Phaymis Trucking Company, said on NewsNation’s “Morning in America” that his fuel costs have nearly doubled from last year— going from $10,000 to $18,000.
“It’s a struggle,” he said. “The longer hauls are a bit more of a challenge. What we’ve been doing with my company, we’ve been taking shorter runs so we spend less money in diesel, but we also make less money.”
With high diesel prices expected to rise, Burnside expects the situation will continue to be detrimental to a lot of people.
“You can’t operate like that,” he said. “We can’t drive for free. We have families to take care of.”
“A lot of these trucks you see now are not going to be here anymore.”
“Maurice Burnside, owner of Phaymis Trucking Company, said on NewsNation’s “Morning in America” that his fuel costs have nearly doubled from last year— going from $10,000 to $18,000.
“It’s a struggle,” he said. “The longer hauls are a bit more of a challenge. What we’ve been doing with my company, we’ve been taking shorter runs so we spend less money in diesel, but we also make less money.”
With high diesel prices expected to rise, Burnside expects the situation will continue to be detrimental to a lot of people.
“You can’t operate like that,” he said. “We can’t drive for free. We have families to take care of.”
Soaring price of diesel leading to layoffs, frustration for truckers
The price of diesel is high because of the war in Ukraine and rising demand for goods coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a problem that’s causing headaches for truck drivers acro…
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