Subj : Re: Tariffs = Lower Prices
To   : Rob Mccart
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Mon Mar 17 2025 16:21:51

-=> Rob Mccart wrote to AARON THOMAS <=-

 RM> Our gas prices are supposed to drop a fair bit in Canada as the new
 RM> Prime Minister drops the Carbon tax but converting gallons and dollars
 RM> we've been paying about $4.60 a US gallon in US dollars which I think
 RM> is about 50% higher than you guys pay.. The carbon tax off gas will
 RM> drop that to closer to $4 here.

 Depends on where you are in the US. California requires cleaner-burning
 gas than the rest of the US, and fewer refineries make it than the
 49-state formulations. My local gas station is $4.59/gallon.

 And, we suffer from the same market manipulation as other markets - 2
 refineries will just happen (wink, wink!) to shut down at the same time
 for "routine" maintenance. The price goes up 20 cents a gallon on
 supply constraints, then comes back down 19 cents. Repeat as necessary.

 It's the only industry I know of where having an accident that's your
 fault results in higher profits for the company. Have a refinery
 accident, prices go through the roof.


 RM> I remember hearing about egg prices in the USA due to the bird flu or
 RM> whatever it was, but it didn't seem to change much here. The eggs I
 RM> got recently cost me about $3.90, and have been at that level for
 RM> many months.. and I suppose you have to make allowances for the fact
 RM> that our dollar is only about 70 cents US at the moment so $3.90
 RM> becomes about $2.75..

My local egg supplier has raised prices 10 cents or so - they're raised
locally and haven't been affected by cullings. I've read stories
(fitting to the topic here) that the number of birds killed to prevent
the spread of bird flu aren't greatly affecting the number of laying
chickens, and that this is more market manipulation and artificial
scarcity. We'll see what comes out of this.






 RM> Milk took a big jump a while back. Our 4 Litre bags are almost
 RM> exactly the same as an American gallon. I haven't seen the price
 RM> of milk there lately but our price is about $6.60, but not too
 RM> long back it was about $4.99 or less..

 RM> If accurate, looking online it appears the average US price per gallon
 RM> of milk is about $3.20 and our $6.60 allowing for the dollar exchange
 RM> becomes $4.62 or so, still a lot higher..
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