How do oil tanker trucks affect ranches?
Horses, cowboy hats, cattle and dust: These are the things that likely come to mind when you think of ranches. As strange as it may sound, you might want to add “oil” to that list. Ranchers and farmers depend heavily on different oil products, including machine oil, heating oil and motor oil, often keeping oil storage tanks on their property. In fact, 8 percent of U.S. farms and ranches keep enough oil on hand to be regulated under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure plan [source: EPA]. Add in ranchers’ need for gasoline and diesel fuel, and you can understand why oil and fuel tanker trucks are a common sight out on the range. Like everyone else, ranchers and farmers are very sensitive to the price of oil, but because they use so much, rising oil pric
