Sep '08 30
(No) Salt In The Wound
So for the record, we've got a credit crisis, a housing crisis, and a gas price crisis. Well let's add another one to the list. Thanks to the huge hike in gas prices in combination with the spike in demand last winter, road salt has seen a jump in price and a dive in supply. Who cares, right? Well many states aren't going to be able to stock up on salt for the upcoming winter and are being forced to look into cheaper, but less effective alternatives. You might want to invest in a pair of snow tires, or one of these:
Tags: economy, roads, safe driving
Comments
Marjorie Evans says:
I am sick and tired of the Whining. Buy what you can afford - pay Cash. So sorry - pay your own way. Most of us have, and you cry-babies need to grow up. How did you think you were going to pay your mortgage. Slap up a tent and sleep on the streets. I cannot bail you out. I can rent you some space in my back yard. I pay $900 a month for medical coverage. Get a second job at McDonalds.
09/30/08 10:09 PM
Kenneth Byers says:
The BIGGEST PAIN IN THE BUTT for me is the student loans - if the goverment can bail out fannie mae and fredie mac then they can pay off my student loans instead of the TWINS - - I am sure more folks would rather have their student loans paid off instead of giving real money to the "REAL BEGGERS" we don't need to save the REAL idiots!!!
09/30/08 11:36 PM
JERRY says:
NO. No BAILOUT. Let things take their natural course and if things get worse, Then see all options and make an intellegent decision on the matter.
10/01/08 2:51 PM
David says:
I like what Senator/ Rep Bernie Sanders (I) Vermont has in mind.
Don't bale out the fat cats. LEt them pay their own way. It not my problem.
No bails out from the wrong coast.
10/01/08 9:24 PM
Anonymous says:
The rising price of salt reminds us that every business selling goods to consumers is being hit by higher fuel prices.
Two thoughts about reducing fuel costs come to mind. First, pull back the fuel tax for a month. At the time this idea was offered by Hilary, it was pounced upon by "know it all" pundits and every media outlet. Well, if a roll back of $0.40 could have been garnered from federal and state fuel taxes, then many businesses would have met their transporation cost goals, and inflationary pressures on the goods we buy and the foreclosure rate on businesses would have been lowered significantly. I did not hear this possibility suggested at the time, however, it applies. Second, the T. Boone Pickens' plan is right for our time (the only short term solution I have heard that is viable). It replaces 24% of the energy supplied by natural gas with wind and solar power, allowing natural gas to be used as transporation fuel instead of oil. Since we have an abundance of natural gas, we need filling stations and rebates for auto conversions.
These two suggestions should help move the cost of salt downward.
Yours,
Barry Osterlitz
10/02/08 4:06 PM