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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 02:09 PM
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Higher asphalt costs a strain (from the Kunstler-predicted-this files)
Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 02:10 PM by phantom power
Rising crude oil prices are not only hurting drivers at the pump. They will prevent some roads in disrepair from being resurfaced.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation plans to spend between $55 million and $60 million on road overlays in fiscal 2009, up about $10 million past few years. But MDOT chief engineer Harry Lee James said that will cover fewer miles.

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080424/BIZ/804240373/1005/biz
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 03:21 PM
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1. Which in turn, increases the wear and tear on trucks hauling freight
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Dead_Parrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 03:44 PM
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2. No-one could have predicted that!
Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 03:44 PM by Dead_Parrot
Etc.

Maybe we could make roads out of hemp? :shrug:
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GliderGuider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 03:53 PM
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3. Isn't the road to Perdition paved with hemp?
Ba-da-bump
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-24-08 04:13 PM
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4. Everybody knows that's a gateway pavement...
we'll end up paving our roads with crystal meth and heroin.
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-25-08 09:53 AM
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5. True, I don't know if I like the idea of my car being on crack...
:rofl:
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