You're probably right. With the proliferation of media, seems like screaming "DOOOOM!" at the top of your voice is the only way to get any traction.
Omnibus : Gas prices, Oil prices, Embargos
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Can you find something with Canadian relevance? My question remains, what has changed in Canada in the last short while to justify these price increases ?For Nick
Regional gasoline price differences - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Why there are regional differences in gasoline prices in the United States.www.eia.gov
Petros, you're in tight with the agricultural sector, I have a farmer acquaintance online who posted some info regarding price increases in fertilizer products in the last year, prices for some domestic products as much as doubling. Can you offer any insight there?
Input costs to manufacture and distribute fertilizer. It takes a fuck tonne of natural gas to make nitrogen fertilizer and diesel to distribute the product isn't getting cheaper.
Come April 1st it's gets even more expensive.
Prices spike every March along with product consumption and from annual refinery maintenance shut downs.
That's the feeling I can't shake. This is all about a few people lining their own pockets at the expense of everyone else.
In your opinion, are the resulting costs to the end user justified ? Have the costs of getting that product to the farmer risen as much as the prices being charged ?
Yara is global and has a major stake in the Nor Am market with facilities here in Canada.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
Oslo, 17 September 2021: Record high natural gas prices in Europe are impacting ammonia production margins, and as a result Yara is curtailing production at a number of its plants. Including optimization of on-going maintenance, Yara will by next week have curtailed around 40% of its European ammonia production capacity.
Yara will continue to monitor the situation, with the objective to keep supplying customers but curtailing production where necessary.
Who are this middle class that are withering away ? Look around you . See all those beautiful houses , all owned by the middle class . See all the trailers ,sleds, boats and toys in the driveways , looks like they have lots . SilverStar , and Big White full of skiers daily . How many golf courses in the Okanagan ? Who plays , the poor ?
I don't know much about fertilizer, would ammonia price alone account for the price increases across the board ?
Yara is global and has a major stake in the Nor Am market with facilities here in Canada.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
Oslo, 17 September 2021: Record high natural gas prices in Europe are impacting ammonia production margins, and as a result Yara is curtailing production at a number of its plants. Including optimization of on-going maintenance, Yara will by next week have curtailed around 40% of its European ammonia production capacity.
Yara will continue to monitor the situation, with the objective to keep supplying customers but curtailing production where necessary.
Look at how much the governments take per litre . Hydro surcharge , PST , GST , Carbon tax . The government love high fuel prices . You will not get relieve from them .
Need a definition of "middle class." Otherwise y'all might as well argue over "Freedom," "Justice," and "Democracy."
Oh, and of course. . . "Fairness."
With, of course, all the dark muttering. . .
Oh, and of course. . . "Fairness."
With, of course, all the dark muttering. . .
I'm talking about general changes over the last fifty years. When I grew up it was normal that one income could support the house payment, the car payment,and take a holiday in the summer or maybe put a kid through college. Today the norm is two incomes to make ends meet. I also look at things like the distribution of wealth over the whole spectrum, the decline in unionization rates, general decline in health and increases in crime. All these things are tied back to income distribution.
Good point, add to that that burning gasoline is seen by many as an environmental bad guy. My question is still the same though, what has changed in Canada that justifies price increases of the magnitude we are seeing now. I'm stuck on corporate greed and opportunism, looking for a convincing argument otherwise.
Yes. Nitrogen fertilizer (ammonia and urea) are made from natural gas and cooked with natural gas. Potassium takes a shit tonne of natural gas to cook, the sulphur to coat the potassium comes from oil upgrading and refining.
It's all interconnected.