UPS and Oil
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BadHABITS
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Well... I'm not sure what the cost of filling your average package car is. A Boeing 767 300ER has a maximum fuel capacity of 23980 U.S. gallons. 23,980x$4=$95,920! I don't know the the exact cost per gal UPS pays but most likely close to diesel. These aircraft are fuel efficient but that's a lot of gas money!
rod
Retired 22 years
you do realize that the average shelf life of gasoline now days is about 3 weeks don't you. I really like your way of thinking on a lot of your posts but if you are saving over 100 galons of gas I hope you at least added some Stabil to it
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
Gas will last for at least 6 months if you keep it in an airtight gas can, and a year or more when you add 2 oz of sta-bil, which I do. I also rotate my gas out by running it thru my old truck once it gets a year old, and then I refill the can with fresh fuel.
I can remember getting up at 4:00 AM with my folks and going to wait in line for gas back in '73. Im not interested in doing that again.
reydluap
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soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
That sounds about right. Corn is a horrible way to make ethanol. Hemp would be a far better choice, as would switchgrass. Unfortunately, neither of those crops has much in the way of a lobby in Washington DC.
brownmonster
Man of Great Wisdom
Sober, did you hide in your bunker as we approached the year 2000?
rod
Retired 22 years
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
Nope...I had no worries about Y2K. I had every confidence that I would still get my mortgage and credit-card bill in the mail. I was right!
Coldworld
60 months and counting
what about nuclear, or biological, do you have a game plan for these.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
If you mean gas masks and radiation suits, no. About all I could do...is bug out and hit the road without having to wait in line for gas like everyone else. I guess I could load up my utility trailer with gear and head to the woods for a few weeks. I have enough food, fuel, water and weapons to survive off the grid for quite awhile if I had to.
Coldworld
60 months and counting
I dont know if a dirty nuke or a chemical attack would put us more at risk. There are some interesting videos on youtube from people who have made their own underground bunkers, also some old movies from the 50's or 60's about fallout shelters and people calmly going into them like its going to be one big sleepover. Hell, if a bomb dropped on any number of cities it would be absolute chaos. Call me a freak, but I really dont think a gas mask and some sort of tyvek suit would be that weird. I think most people would be able to survive for only a couple of days without some sort of govt assistance...look at the anarchy when katririna hit.
UPS Lifer
Well-Known Member
Some of you are to young to understand what it was like in the 50's -60's. We were well versed in bomb shelters and some families actually had them! As a kid, I always wondered if "it" would ever escalate to pushing the button. We lived with that every day and there were constant reminders every time a crisis happened. Kruschev and the US were always going at it.
satellitedriver
Moderator
I lived in Houston during the Cuban misslie crisis.In school we had drills and we went under our desks.....like that would really protect us from anything.
We were a prime target and within range of a nuke strike.
We had practice drills at school and went into the hallway.
Fetal position, head to the wall and our hands around the back of our necks.
During one of these daily exercises, an ambulance went by with it's sirens blaring.
Being a good catholic boy, I removed my hand from the back of my neck and made the sign of the cross and prayed for the safety of the person in the ambulance, as I was taught to do.
The Sister supervising the drill poked me with her pointing stick and told me to keep my hands on my neck.
The irony of that moment has never left me.
no more than 9
"Livin' the Dream"
Amen Brother!!!!!!!!!!!
moreluck
golden ticket member
Sat.....our family did the ambulance thing too. It was a nice thing to say a little prayer for someone who might be in a health crisis or accident.
One of the things we did on Good Friday was that during the 3 hours between noon and 3 PM (supposedly the time Christ hung on the cross) we maintained silence in our house. No TV, no radio, no phone no talking at all. This tradition broke for good when my adult cousin came to visit during one of these times and yelled out......."Whatsa matter, cat got your tongues!!" We laughed ourselves silly.
To this day, I wonder if during Christ's time they were on Pacific, Eastern or daylight saving's time and how did we know those were the exact hours He was on the cross?
We may not have kept the practices of our childhood, but I think those were simpler times and our characters were forming and we turned out as OK kids with some morals intact.
One of the things we did on Good Friday was that during the 3 hours between noon and 3 PM (supposedly the time Christ hung on the cross) we maintained silence in our house. No TV, no radio, no phone no talking at all. This tradition broke for good when my adult cousin came to visit during one of these times and yelled out......."Whatsa matter, cat got your tongues!!" We laughed ourselves silly.
To this day, I wonder if during Christ's time they were on Pacific, Eastern or daylight saving's time and how did we know those were the exact hours He was on the cross?
We may not have kept the practices of our childhood, but I think those were simpler times and our characters were forming and we turned out as OK kids with some morals intact.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
I was discussing the current gas prices with the manager of a local convenience store and he made an excellent point when he stated that, while the prices indeed are high now, imagine how much higher they may be if there were a "crisis" in the Middle East which severely impacted the supply of oil. This should be a wake-up call that this is the time for serious attention to alternative fuels. I applaud sober in his efforts to use alternative fuels, especially bio-diesel; however, this would not work in my area as there is only one station that offers bio-diesel and the price makes it prohibitive (over $5/gal). Conventional diesel is $4.74/gal and regular unleaded is $3.99 and will surely cross the $4 mark this weekend. Although they are our competitor, I do feel for the Fed Ex ground guys.
browniehound
Well-Known Member
Sober,
I really hope you are a manager at UPS. The company needs people with your forward thinking vision and planning skills.
I really hope you are a manager at UPS. The company needs people with your forward thinking vision and planning skills.
