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   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.   
      
   KW> 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.   
      
   That is quite a difference from one state to another. Here it is   
   mostly just the oil producing provinces that seem to get a better   
   price than the rest of us. Usually in Ontario it's a little higher   
   where I am since I'm far enough up North that there would be higher   
   costs to transport gas up here, but it's usually only about the same   
   as 20 cents per US gallon more than Toronto, which is about 175 miles   
   south of where I am..   
      
   KW> 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.   
      
   Yes, and I think there are more 'accidents' these days when a bunch   
   of areas have turned to Fracing to get the last of the oil out of   
   the ground.   
      
   KW>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.   
      
   10 cents isn't too bad I guess, although maybe there was a bigger   
   change in chicken meat prices (?).. I suppose the bird flu doesn't   
   get to egg producing birds as easily since they are maybe more   
   'contained' than other types. Maybe different areas are different   
   for that too though. You can't really generalize when talking about   
   countries as large as both of ours.   
      
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