Right now - the price of diesel is not much different than it was 40 years ago if you adjust the value of the U.S. dollar.
When it was 25 cents a gallon, there were new cars for sale for under $1000 - and rural farms selling at $10,000 - $20,000. Many people were raising families on total incomes of $12,000 - $14,000 a year.
Cheap gas or diesel prices allowed our country to do business as usual - and not do anything to look ahead and adapt to some other fuel source. That's about it. Collectively, this country knew long ago that oil resources are finite, we can't control prices to resources we don't own, and we've sat back and done nothing.
And, stepping away from the collective mentality of our country or government being at fault - how many individuals do you see doing something on their own? A few - yes, but not too many. My mindset is - you can't gripe about government inaction if you haven't at least tried to do something yourself.
My main gripe about the new higher prices is - where the extra money is actually going. If it was going to good use - it would be a good thing for this country. But - from what I've seen, it's not - and much of the "alternative fuel" thing is absolute nonsense - especially ethanol and biofuel.
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Today's Featured Article - Hydraulics - Cylinder Anatomy - by Curtis von Fange. Let’s make one more addition to our series on hydraulics. I’ve noticed a few questions in the comment section that could pertain to hydraulic cylinders so I thought we could take a short look at this real workhorse of the circuit. Cylinders are the reason for the hydraulic circuit. They take the fluid power delivered from the pump and magically change it into mechanical power. There are many types of cylinders that one might run across on a farm scenario. Each one could take a chapter in
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