Commodity shortages

[allvol123]

I've been debating that very thing. I have a refrigerator that is 15 years old and I had to fix it about a year and a half ago. I don't know how long it will last, but if it poops out in the next year or two, I guess I'll just go to the local Home Depot and buy what they have on the floor in the short run

Need a new oven right now. Frankly, I’ve yet to purchase because I get tired of looking and not see what I want available.

Oh well, first world problems. I guess, we are still first world, right?

 

[Jxn Vol]

It's enough to make you wonder if you should order a refrigerator and have it on standby. We managed to get a dishwasher three weeks after the old one quit, but I did pay significantly more to get it at Best Buy rather than Lowes so that we could have one quicker.

We had a bearing start to go out in the dryer. We decided to go ahead and order them. Glad I did. But I never thought I would be waiting over 3 months. I’m thinking about ordering a new dishwasher now.

 

[NurseGoodVol]

We've been lucky but likely made it easier by buying all fixtures like appliances, plumbing, lights and fans on our own through my wife's company. We took the oven over to the house this morning and that was the final piece missing. Even the garage doors were already installed. Others aren't so lucky right now

I’m glad your family got through the build.

 

[volfanhill]

We had a bearing start to go out in the dryer. We decided to go ahead and order them. Glad I did. But I never thought I would be waiting over 3 months. I’m thinking about ordering a new dishwasher now.

I have bought two major appliances this year. I told my wife we would only consider what they had in stock. No waiting for things to be shipped. My sister went 6 months without dishwasher bc they ordered one Lowe's did not have in stock.

 

[hog88]

Walled separate lanes. Nothing is foolproof because fools are so ingenious. We're talking screwing up an anvil with a rubber hammer type scenario here. By the time you do this, though, you are really back to railroads anyway.

I've always thought we should have done more to expand the rail system.

 

[Jxn Vol]

I have bought two major appliances this year. I told my wife we would only consider what they had in stock. No waiting for things to be shipped. My sister went 6 months without dishwasher bc they ordered one Lowe's did not have in stock.

I don’t blame that strategy. We really like our Maytag washer without the agitator. Our local shop that we do business with had none in stock. That’s why we ordered. Thankfully ours is still working fine.

We ordered several weeks before the Pacific Biden boat parade.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Your right, autonomous trucks would require separate lanes or even highways to keep them separate from passenger vehicles.

Almost like a rail system or something...

 

[Fun coupon VOL]

Because somewhere along the line we convinced our children driving a truck was substandard work.

Add in major DOT regulations pushing people away and you have a driver shortage.

Elogs forced a lot of guys out. I don’t blame them. The guys driving now don’t even know how to use a manual transmission.

My dad has driven a truck(18) since 1984 and the amount of disdain he has for the policy makers is ridiculous. He was just telling me the other day about when he read the first cdl book that came out. His language was French to say the least.

When you have individuals in Washington who are writing rules and regs but haven’t ever done the job is moronic.

 

[Fun coupon VOL]

They're running them on test tracks around here all the time and some big companies are in on it. Platooning trucks will be a thing shortly

Are they electric or petrol? Serious question.

 

[Wireless1]

Elogs forced a lot of guys out. I don’t blame them. The guys driving now don’t even know how to use a manual transmission.

My dad has driven a truck(18) since 1984 and the amount of disdain he has for the policy makers is ridiculous. He was just telling me the other day about when he read the first cdl book that came out. His language was French to say the least.

When you have individuals in Washington who are writing rules and regs but haven’t ever done the job is moronic.

The refs were written by software companies

 

[AM64]

Elogs forced a lot of guys out. I don’t blame them. The guys driving now don’t even know how to use a manual transmission.

My dad has driven a truck(18) since 1984 and the amount of disdain he has for the policy makers is ridiculous. He was just telling me the other day about when he read the first cdl book that came out. His language was French to say the least.

When you have individuals in Washington who are writing rules and regs but haven’t ever done the job is moronic.

You have to remember that regulatory agencies are headed and staffed a lot by lawyers rather than people in the business they regulate. Maybe it's worldwide, but the US way of doing things seems to be that we should delegate authority for managing things to people who've never done it. Mind boggling to say the least. Personally I think universities with B Schools and departments or schools that teach governmental systems and management bear a lot of blame for the nonsense.

 

[hog88]

Most of the DOT regs covering trucking and truck drivers are a response to complaints from angry mini-van moms and skinny jean dads who don't know how to drive around trucks. It's easy for politicians to get votes by "cracking down" on "unsafe truckers" and then there are the lawyers. More regs equals more avenues to sue and more money in their pockets.

 

[Fun coupon VOL]

You have to remember that regulatory agencies are headed and staffed a lot by lawyers rather than people in the business they regulate. Maybe it's worldwide, but the US way of doing things seems to be that we should delegate authority for managing things to people who've never done it. Mind boggling to say the least. Personally I think universities with B Schools and departments or schools that teach governmental systems and management bear a lot of blame for the nonsense.

100%. Dumbest people I know outside of psychology and Phy Ed students in college were business admin majors.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Our country is too stupid to develop autonomous trucks, yes we have the technology, but no we aren't willing to invest the bucks to make it happen. We can absolutely make it work, but making an autonomous lane down thousands of miles of interstate highways won't happen in my lifetime.

Why would they require a separate lane? They would immediately be safer than human drivers. Fear is the only thing holding it back. That and push back from organized labor that could result in equipment sabotage. A shortage of drivers will accelerate the potential.

I think that rolling out long haul routes could happen quickly. Uber, Lyft, and car manufacturers could grease the skids. Personally I hope that the autonomous “taxi” model progresses significantly over the next few decades so that when I’m an even older fart I can still get around.

 

[hog88]

Why would they require a separate lane? They would immediately be safer than human drivers. Fear is the only thing holding it back. That and push back from organized labor that could result in equipment sabotage. A shortage of drivers will accelerate the potential.

I think that rolling out long haul routes could happen quickly. Uber, Lyft, and car manufacturers could grease the skids. Personally I hope that the autonomous “taxi” model progresses significantly over the next few decades so that when I’m an even older fart I can still get around.

The first fatal crash with an autonomous truck would be a historic award.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

The first fatal crash with an autonomous truck would be a historic award.

I have no doubt though that the rate of fatal crashes involving heavy trucks would be significantly lower than with humans behind the steering wheels. You also won’t have them driving three abreast for a mile or two. Or tailgate. Or recklessly change lanes.

 

[Wireless1]

Why would they require a separate lane? They would immediately be safer than human drivers. Fear is the only thing holding it back. That and push back from organized labor that could result in equipment sabotage. A shortage of drivers will accelerate the potential.

I think that rolling out long haul routes could happen quickly. Uber, Lyft, and car manufacturers could grease the skids. Personally I hope that the autonomous “taxi” model progresses significantly over the next few decades so that when I’m an even older fart I can still get around.

Let’s see, how many fatalities from Tesla’s? And the trucks are so much more responsive with much shorter stopping distance

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Trucks could run without having to have drivers log x hours of down time.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Let’s see, how many fatalities from Tesla’s? And the trucks are so much more responsive with much shorter stopping distance

Tesla’s are electric. They aren’t selling autonomous Teslas yet.

 

[Wireless1]

I have no doubt though that the rate of fatal crashes involving heavy trucks would be significantly lower than with humans behind the steering wheels. You also won’t have them driving three abreast for a mile or two. Or tailgate. Or recklessly change lanes.

What makes you think that, will the trucks talk to each other? Will the software keep them in the right lane, which will keep cars out of that lane? I suspect that the software will optimize fuel consumption with little courtesy or regards fir other traffic……and I bet they won’t recognize little kids pumping their arms in the back seat and blow their air horns

 

[Wireless1]

Tesla’s are electric. They aren’t selling autonomous Teslas yet.

They don’t call them yet because it’d ruin them financially but that’s the same technology they are using in trucks… maybe a few more sensors

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

What makes you think that, will the trucks talk to each other? Will the software keep them in the right lane, which will keep cars out of that lane? I suspect that the software will optimize fuel consumption with little courtesy or regards fir other traffic……and I bet they won’t recognize little kids pumping their arms in the back seat and blow their air horns

Yes, the trucks will talk to each other. They will also be monitored via satellite back to command centers. Their sensors will process thousands of pieces of information every second and adjustments will be instantaneous. The software will ensure that they don’t get angry at the car that cut them off and ride their rear bumper. When traffic ahead comes to a stop, they won’t be daydreaming and plow into the traffic jam. When other vehicles are entering the highway they will adjust their speed for orderly merges rather than speeding up to cut them off.

 

[hog88]

I have no doubt though that the rate of fatal crashes involving heavy trucks would be significantly lower than with humans behind the steering wheels. You also won’t have them driving three abreast for a mile or two. Or tailgate. Or recklessly change lanes.

Even a computer can't stop an 80,000 lbs rig fast enough when a car cuts in front of it recklessly changing lanes.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

They don’t call them yet because it’d ruin them financially but that’s the same technology they are using in trucks… maybe a few more sensors

There’s not a market for them yet. Tesla will be a leader in autonomous light weight vehicles. They will not be ruined financially. Google, Lyft, Amazon, Uber, and others will be big players in the space.

 

[Vol423]

The first fatal crash with an autonomous truck would be a historic award.

No chance. The liberal administration that would push autonomous trucks on the public would first issue those companies a blank exemption against lawsuits due to the inevitable deaths just like they exempted the vaccine manufacturers.