If truckers are going out of business how will this impact the food supply?

Question

Apparently high diesel prices are driving truckers out of business. News stories abound.

How will this harm our ability to feed the nation.

Real thoughts welcome.

Answer 1

There are going to be a lot of things off the shelves, first thing that is going to happen is people will start hording food, along with other things needed to survive.We will be put on rations,( i remember those times) and all h**l will break out. There will be stealing like never beforee, crime will climb. We are the richest country in the world and have come to this!And it will get worse befor it gets better I am sorry to say. God help us all!

Answer 2

Its always supply and demand. If you are willing to pay you get what you want. There will be stores that have low wage earners and they will see products disappear from the shelves and the retailer knows they will not move. If you want certain foods or products there will be places for those who can afford it will find what they want. In the 70's they said those who can afford gas will get gas those who cant are at the low end of the food chain and will not matter if they can or cant get to work or make due.

Answer 3

well realisticly there is a very very very slim chance that would happen....but if it did they would probably start transporting foods over seas....and every city would NEED a port! how CRAZY would THAT be! Also if that would not work there would need to be factories in every city to grow and make their OWN foods... People would also lose there jobs! Hopefully those will be ecofriendly factories!

Answer 4

Obviously they won't be able to transport the food in their trucks to the stores for you to buy.

If fuel prices rise and they keep trucking in supplies, food prices will also rise to cover the transport costs, so high fuel prices affect everybody.

Answer 5

It is very hard for independent truck drivers to make it with the fuel prices so high, there will be a lot of them forced out of business, and thus the food prices will go up and there will probably be some shortages also.

Answer 6

In the final analysis, it won't actually impact the total food supply.  What it may do is affect the price of food distribution.  This means that the most affordable food will be that grown locally instead of on the other side of the world.  So, locally, you may not be able to get certain out-of-season produce.

As far as the ability to feed the nation, it will just make it cost more, further putting those at the economic margins more in danger.  With less competition, transport companies will charge a more fair wage for work and that cost will be passed on to the consumer.