tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post6177721531472801589..comments2024-03-26T09:49:07.212-07:00Comments on The Scratching Post: It's the Regulations, StupidK T Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-55633101802602535122010-12-10T12:41:30.543-08:002010-12-10T12:41:30.543-08:00And it ain't just truckers folks. My "big...And it ain't just truckers folks. My "big" electrical firm has a fleet of close to 200 vehicles, trucks, backhoes, dumps, compressors....etc. that come under these regs.....<br /><br />The air is clean and the politico brain is polluted.Wollf Howlsatmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13326431237011861478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-52252130508712082542010-12-10T07:25:51.443-08:002010-12-10T07:25:51.443-08:00I saw a related story somewhere lately (maybe WSJ)...I saw a related story somewhere lately (maybe WSJ). Truckers are being forced to get new trucks simply to meet this new dictat. Due to the cost of current trucks, people who owned their rigs have been forced to sell them and lease new trucks. No accumulation of capitol for you, Comrade!<br /><br />The guys who get laid off from the dirt place can probably get jobs performing the required change of street signs from all caps to sentence-case. So it all works out in the end...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-20192551860129456142010-12-10T06:16:29.364-08:002010-12-10T06:16:29.364-08:00Tim, it's worse than that. If he fires someone...Tim, it's worse than that. If he fires someone, it's going to have to be someone vital to the business. He didn't have more than a handful of employees and getting $70K would probably require him to fire two. Once he reduces his workforce, how is he going to fill orders? Those two fired people weren't just standing around.<br /><br />As for the new business for the engine building, if that worked, then the government should come into our houses and order us to change our major appliances every two years whether they needed it or not. How many of us could afford that?K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-76403567280494041912010-12-10T06:03:49.445-08:002010-12-10T06:03:49.445-08:00Urg. So basically, the regulation means that he h...Urg. So basically, the regulation means that he has to choose between replacing a truck engine, or employing one person for a year. <br /><br />Although, this means that he is paying one employee of the diesel engine manufacturer for a year, so the employment could be considered a wash. Still, selling dirt and gravel (and, indeed, most mining activity) is on a thin enough margin that these things get to really hurt.<br /><br />A more gradual switchover on the diesel engines would probably be better, like the way that we got away from leaded gasoline.tim eiselehttp://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.comnoreply@blogger.com