Mm-hmm

... you know, what's going on in the Red Sea and, you know, all these other little, these ancillary things here, and you ...

And that's where our problems all lie.

There's just, there's no supply out there, and we have ...

Unlike the United States, which is self-sufficient, and we have, we have all we need here, the rest of the world is dying for it, particularly Western Europe.

Yeah, I didn't think so.

You know, it, it, they can't, they can't pass the prices on.

You know, they gotta, they can't, they gotta pay top dollar for the fuel to begin with.

So, so what, how big of a burden is it to see these, these diesel prices where they're at, not only for the drivers, but for the companies of these trucking companies?

I mean, it's just, it's a killer right now, because they're, you know, $5.35, I think, is the national average for a gallon d- of diesel fuel, and it's up about a buck and a half in the last year.

So I mean, it's, it's, it's a killer for these guys, because, you know, it's, it's about 80, 85 cents a gallon.

Or excuse me, 80, 85 cents a mile that they drive, it's the cost of the fuel.

You know, when that goes up that dramatically, it comes, it comes right out of their pockets, particularly the guys who are the independent drivers.

You know, the guys who own their own trucks, or they, maybe they own a small fleet of two or three trucks.

You know, these are the guys that are getting crushed, because they don't have the ability to really pass that cost on quickly to the people that the, that they're driving for.

Tell us a little bit about Fuel Ox and, uh, and, and this, uh, type of enhancement to the, the fuel for these truckers.

How much of a challenge is this to over-the-road truck drivers and companies?

It's a huge challenge.

I mean, particularly I want to accentuate the fact that it's a really big challenge for the independent guys more than it is for the big truck companies.

Don't get me wrong.

Every trucking company is having issues because of it.

OK, but the bigger companies have to have the ability to withstand a little bit more pain than the independent guys do.

So these guys, I mean, they're paying for it right out of their pocket.

Tell us about it.

So, so what, how big of a burden is it to see these, these diesel prices where they're at, not only for the drivers, but for the companies of these trucking companies?

I mean, it's just, it's a killer right now because they're, you know, $5 and 35 cents.

I think it's the national average for a gallon of diesel fuel.

And it's up about a buck and a half in the last year.

So, I mean, it's, it's, it's a killer for these guys because You know, it's about 80, 85 cents a gallon, or excuse me, 80, 85 cents a mile that they drive.

It's the cost of the fuel.

You know, when that goes up that dramatically, it comes right out of their pockets, particularly the guys who are the independent drivers.

Tell us a little bit about Fuelox and this type of enhancement to the fuel for these truckers.