They can stop for the rest of their lives for all I care. I don't need them.
I'd be without some luxuries, of course, but nothing I can't live without. Well, maybe gasoline... I guess I could live without that too. Would suck, but at least I have a little bit stockpiled. Only about like 110 gallons, and 60 gallons of diesel.
My home is running on nuclear power - so I'm set. This house is so full of crap we stopped exchanging gifts ages ago (plus I tend to lean to a minimalist / uncluttered mode anyway).
If I want a toy, I usually just get it myself. I got one for Xmas, and I've got one still in it's shipping box for my birthday in Jan (it was featured on several YouTube channels so I suspected it might sell out it's first production run - it did about a week after I ordered it). Both are small.
I just live out in the country with generous amount of wildlife. Every night 3-4 deer come up to my back door. I could kill then with a 22 pistol if I wanted... That's literally how close they come. I also constantly have pheasants, turkeys, and rabbits. I also have chickens for eggs, and cows for milk/beef. Plenty of land for growing stuff, too. Plus, I have a bunch of stockpiled supplies to start off with.
I have a large generator too, if I could keep it stocked with diesel somehow.
It would be except APS has been raising rates (and not just tied to the nukes - they have several other power projects too) to the point that the state has stepped in. Otherwise our 3 nukes are running fine. We make a butltload of money selling power to Southern CA with it too.
AZ has the largest nuclear generation capacity in North America. It's owned by no fewer than 7 utilities, with APS having the greatest share.
It's not the only power company tho. There's also SRP (which also owns around 13 percent of Palo Verde Nuclear) - which if you're in the eastern valley is a lot cheaper.
We also have this weird hydro system called 'the steps' which is insane from a generation standpoint but works purely as an energy market hedge. Water is pumped to the top of the steps during low prices to fill a reservoir, and then during peak energy demand (or for higher-priced exports of AC), it's released to power the turbines. It's not making more power than it consumes to refill, it's purely a time-based hedge against the energy trading markets.
Lol that face when; The left has spent the last 4 years putting us down and making the right out to be just a party of uneducated methed our losers. Reality, we control the logistics, production, agriculture, and a majority of the construction industry in our great country. Uh oh!
As a former truck driver, that is the LAST place I would go on strike. I would just stay home or get into some other location. More likely, there's some dip-shit in a rolled, totaled rice-burner blocking both lanes a mile down the highway. Believe it or not, if you're traveling the country, lines like that are not unheard of.
Trucks are very common on the road, but you’re asking me to believe a line that big of just trucks and 0 cars just happened and it’s just traffic? It’s not impossible but man that’s a bit of a stretch especially when a known strike was planned.
"but you’re asking me to believe a line that big of just trucks and 0 cars just happened" YUP! It happens every day, in locations all over the country. I've seen many lines, and probably some longer than this one. Cars don't stay in that line and truck drivers know to merge in. Also, professional drivers wouldn't merge into the inside lane like that, leaving the outside lane open, unless the outside lane was blocked a little further down the road. Lastly, it's really common for these photos and video clips to be misrepresented in social media, so I'm inclined to question when I see them.
Ok here’s the part of this I can’t get my head around how are the cars getting out of this line to the point there’s not a single car here if a lane closure has forced them all to the left lane? I know people will drive the median or even grass when in bad traffic, but not everyone would do that. I’m not doubting you just need more info on how this would happen naturally.
"Ok here’s the part of this I can’t get my head around how are the cars getting out of this line" Truck drivers are fuel economy-minded and conscious of wear on their vehicles. They'll roll real slow, and continuously in tight traffic, if they can, and leave space in front of the vehicle. Class C drivers want to ride the bumper, dart around, alternately slamming the gas pedal and the breaks. Class C drivers will pop into those spaces at the last minute but then get frustrated because they imagine they aren't making progress. When they figure out how slow the trucks are moving, they dart back out into the open lane at everyone's peril, and race to the next open space before they run into the barrels blocking the lane that everyone is merging away from. Anyway, they don't stay in these lines. They get out. This is a perfectly normal, routine sight.
This video doesn't make me think a strike is starting. Here's what makes me think a strike is coming soon, if it's coming at all:
Firstly, the sooner the better. The strike won't have any impact if it's during the seasonal slump or (especially) after the fossil fuel hating communist would be inaugurated. Generally, professional drivers aren't creeps; they don't want to give people a shitty Christmas. All of this makes now the best time for a strike, if it's ever going to happen.
Secondly, there's a company that normally sends a job offer about once a week. Well, they staffed up for the holidays, as I would expect, and I stopped getting the solicitations for a long time. Suddenly, I started getting job offers from them again, after word of a strike. I know this company is FAR over-invested in tractors, meaning that they can profit greatly as strike-breakers providing they can get company drivers to operate their existing fleet during a strike.
I worked at a FedEx warehouse for a few years and learned from a friend there this year is going into a 4 week peak season instead of a 5 week one because thanksgiving fell late again this year. So FedEx shipping is freaking out and I’m sure most others are to. I agree if they’re going to do it this would be the time to do it.
"Why is every single one a truck though sitting there?" Car drivers never want to stay in those lines because they get intimidated, trucks can be slower to respond to the fits and starts of grid-lock and they don't understand the way truck traffic behaves. They pop out of that line as quick as they make the mistake of jumping in. If you were driving "over the road" full time for even a month, you have a good chance of seeing at least one line as long or longer than this one. Professional drivers see things that you often won't, because they live on these roads full time.
It's not even safe or legal for professional drivers to park on the berm unless we have no other choice, though you'll see that all over the country, every night, too. We can get tickets for it, though. If drivers blocked a freeway, law enforcement would work around the clock, having them towed out one at a time, and making HUGE money impounding all of them.
That video was posted on here two days ago. I bet other people saw the threat when it was posted then.
If the truckers strike, I highly doubt they would go to a highway and line up with no rest rooms. They would either stay at home or if they were on the road, they would find a truck stop.
If taken today It’s probably somewhere in the south, big storm going through today that would account for the weather in the video, my best guess probably near Atlanta
I think all truckers should just refuse to deliver to the same cities that played the game of creating ballots. Let them go without. They can still deliver to most of the country and make their money. All while hurting the idiots that deserve it
That's not a tough request, since many drivers ALREADY refuse to drive into those shit holes!!! xD It's funny, because they can refuse. Even company drivers are just like, "Nah. I'm not driving in New York city, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Chicago, LA, Detroit, Baltimore or Saint Louis." hahaha On the single occasion I got sent into inner-city Philadelphia, I had to route around a damn PROTEST, through single lane, narrow, triangular bullshit streets with FOR-REAL heaps of structural debris piled up all over the place. What... a fucking.. Libtard dump!!!
Wow. Be safe out there. I used to drive. Pumpkin truck. Lol. I’m happy to hear that drivers are refusing. Most people don’t realize how important drivers are. Till they refuse to drive.
I didn’t really like driving for Schneider. They preached safety all through schooling then it was a totally different story when it benefits them. Lol
Is it the post just says 2 hours ago with another persons post from the 7th below it. There’s a pretty big storm coming through the south today so the weather is correct if around there, also grass is too brown for September, though that could just be the lighting.
From the rain I can probably narrow it down to the south but that’s a huge area to Blindly look through. Most other sources I’m finding have this video being posted today, but they could be just reuploaded, if I knew there was video of this before today that would settle this pretty fast.
You know what’s scary? On the future strikes like this won’t even be possible because of automation. The closest you will get is strikes of people that maintain the automation.
I wish truckers would just strike for two weeks. I’m prepared.
They can stop for the rest of their lives for all I care. I don't need them.
I'd be without some luxuries, of course, but nothing I can't live without. Well, maybe gasoline... I guess I could live without that too. Would suck, but at least I have a little bit stockpiled. Only about like 110 gallons, and 60 gallons of diesel.
My home is running on nuclear power - so I'm set. This house is so full of crap we stopped exchanging gifts ages ago (plus I tend to lean to a minimalist / uncluttered mode anyway).
If I want a toy, I usually just get it myself. I got one for Xmas, and I've got one still in it's shipping box for my birthday in Jan (it was featured on several YouTube channels so I suspected it might sell out it's first production run - it did about a week after I ordered it). Both are small.
I just live out in the country with generous amount of wildlife. Every night 3-4 deer come up to my back door. I could kill then with a 22 pistol if I wanted... That's literally how close they come. I also constantly have pheasants, turkeys, and rabbits. I also have chickens for eggs, and cows for milk/beef. Plenty of land for growing stuff, too. Plus, I have a bunch of stockpiled supplies to start off with.
I have a large generator too, if I could keep it stocked with diesel somehow.
Is nuclear a cheaper power bill? Or the same?
It would be except APS has been raising rates (and not just tied to the nukes - they have several other power projects too) to the point that the state has stepped in. Otherwise our 3 nukes are running fine. We make a butltload of money selling power to Southern CA with it too.
AZ has the largest nuclear generation capacity in North America. It's owned by no fewer than 7 utilities, with APS having the greatest share.
It's not the only power company tho. There's also SRP (which also owns around 13 percent of Palo Verde Nuclear) - which if you're in the eastern valley is a lot cheaper.
We also have this weird hydro system called 'the steps' which is insane from a generation standpoint but works purely as an energy market hedge. Water is pumped to the top of the steps during low prices to fill a reservoir, and then during peak energy demand (or for higher-priced exports of AC), it's released to power the turbines. It's not making more power than it consumes to refill, it's purely a time-based hedge against the energy trading markets.
Lol that face when; The left has spent the last 4 years putting us down and making the right out to be just a party of uneducated methed our losers. Reality, we control the logistics, production, agriculture, and a majority of the construction industry in our great country. Uh oh!
Celebrate.
I know you’re joking but for any of you shit lib shills reading please do it.
Kek
Don’t forget manufacturing!
As a former truck driver, that is the LAST place I would go on strike. I would just stay home or get into some other location. More likely, there's some dip-shit in a rolled, totaled rice-burner blocking both lanes a mile down the highway. Believe it or not, if you're traveling the country, lines like that are not unheard of.
Trucks are very common on the road, but you’re asking me to believe a line that big of just trucks and 0 cars just happened and it’s just traffic? It’s not impossible but man that’s a bit of a stretch especially when a known strike was planned.
"but you’re asking me to believe a line that big of just trucks and 0 cars just happened" YUP! It happens every day, in locations all over the country. I've seen many lines, and probably some longer than this one. Cars don't stay in that line and truck drivers know to merge in. Also, professional drivers wouldn't merge into the inside lane like that, leaving the outside lane open, unless the outside lane was blocked a little further down the road. Lastly, it's really common for these photos and video clips to be misrepresented in social media, so I'm inclined to question when I see them.
Ok here’s the part of this I can’t get my head around how are the cars getting out of this line to the point there’s not a single car here if a lane closure has forced them all to the left lane? I know people will drive the median or even grass when in bad traffic, but not everyone would do that. I’m not doubting you just need more info on how this would happen naturally.
"Ok here’s the part of this I can’t get my head around how are the cars getting out of this line" Truck drivers are fuel economy-minded and conscious of wear on their vehicles. They'll roll real slow, and continuously in tight traffic, if they can, and leave space in front of the vehicle. Class C drivers want to ride the bumper, dart around, alternately slamming the gas pedal and the breaks. Class C drivers will pop into those spaces at the last minute but then get frustrated because they imagine they aren't making progress. When they figure out how slow the trucks are moving, they dart back out into the open lane at everyone's peril, and race to the next open space before they run into the barrels blocking the lane that everyone is merging away from. Anyway, they don't stay in these lines. They get out. This is a perfectly normal, routine sight.
This video doesn't make me think a strike is starting. Here's what makes me think a strike is coming soon, if it's coming at all:
Firstly, the sooner the better. The strike won't have any impact if it's during the seasonal slump or (especially) after the fossil fuel hating communist would be inaugurated. Generally, professional drivers aren't creeps; they don't want to give people a shitty Christmas. All of this makes now the best time for a strike, if it's ever going to happen.
Secondly, there's a company that normally sends a job offer about once a week. Well, they staffed up for the holidays, as I would expect, and I stopped getting the solicitations for a long time. Suddenly, I started getting job offers from them again, after word of a strike. I know this company is FAR over-invested in tractors, meaning that they can profit greatly as strike-breakers providing they can get company drivers to operate their existing fleet during a strike.
I worked at a FedEx warehouse for a few years and learned from a friend there this year is going into a 4 week peak season instead of a 5 week one because thanksgiving fell late again this year. So FedEx shipping is freaking out and I’m sure most others are to. I agree if they’re going to do it this would be the time to do it.
Why is every single one a truck though sitting there?
"Why is every single one a truck though sitting there?" Car drivers never want to stay in those lines because they get intimidated, trucks can be slower to respond to the fits and starts of grid-lock and they don't understand the way truck traffic behaves. They pop out of that line as quick as they make the mistake of jumping in. If you were driving "over the road" full time for even a month, you have a good chance of seeing at least one line as long or longer than this one. Professional drivers see things that you often won't, because they live on these roads full time.
It's not even safe or legal for professional drivers to park on the berm unless we have no other choice, though you'll see that all over the country, every night, too. We can get tickets for it, though. If drivers blocked a freeway, law enforcement would work around the clock, having them towed out one at a time, and making HUGE money impounding all of them.
No, it’s a screencap video, that’s the post below it.
Crap is it? They were talking about a four day strike starting today.
September 7th.
It's been posted before, it's completely fake news.
That video was posted on here two days ago. I bet other people saw the threat when it was posted then.
If the truckers strike, I highly doubt they would go to a highway and line up with no rest rooms. They would either stay at home or if they were on the road, they would find a truck stop.
Think about it.
If taken today It’s probably somewhere in the south, big storm going through today that would account for the weather in the video, my best guess probably near Atlanta
Oh shit Trucker strike happening?
I think all truckers should just refuse to deliver to the same cities that played the game of creating ballots. Let them go without. They can still deliver to most of the country and make their money. All while hurting the idiots that deserve it
That's not a tough request, since many drivers ALREADY refuse to drive into those shit holes!!! xD It's funny, because they can refuse. Even company drivers are just like, "Nah. I'm not driving in New York city, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Chicago, LA, Detroit, Baltimore or Saint Louis." hahaha On the single occasion I got sent into inner-city Philadelphia, I had to route around a damn PROTEST, through single lane, narrow, triangular bullshit streets with FOR-REAL heaps of structural debris piled up all over the place. What... a fucking.. Libtard dump!!!
Wow. Be safe out there. I used to drive. Pumpkin truck. Lol. I’m happy to hear that drivers are refusing. Most people don’t realize how important drivers are. Till they refuse to drive.
Oh, the pumpkin truck!? :) How'd you like your time at SN? Yea, I'm not on the road now. I figured I'd stay married instead. hahaha
I didn’t really like driving for Schneider. They preached safety all through schooling then it was a totally different story when it benefits them. Lol
Sounds about right, brother. Gotta have your own back, for sure.
Get this fake shit out of here! You're part of the problem posting shit like this. Get it together.
God Bless America, Land that I love...
Is this an organized strike?
WHOOOOO HOOOOOOOO
Is it the post just says 2 hours ago with another persons post from the 7th below it. There’s a pretty big storm coming through the south today so the weather is correct if around there, also grass is too brown for September, though that could just be the lighting.
So you have seen this video before? I can’t take some random different post in the video as a timestamp and the video in question just says 2hr.
From the rain I can probably narrow it down to the south but that’s a huge area to Blindly look through. Most other sources I’m finding have this video being posted today, but they could be just reuploaded, if I knew there was video of this before today that would settle this pretty fast.
The fuck they do, just strike in the middle of the road?
You know what’s scary? On the future strikes like this won’t even be possible because of automation. The closest you will get is strikes of people that maintain the automation.
Imma gonna die of starvation!