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   -=> 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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