• Stamets
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      They also import a shitload of electricity.

      • Flying Squid
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        And pretty much anything made out of a tree.

        • @[email protected]
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          Lots of metals as well, TD has an analysis if interested.

          Canada and Mexico are the 2 largest trading partners. Cusma review is next year, didn’t he do the exact same thing going into the NAFTA 2.0 negotiations? Just wish we’d do a united front with Mexico on this.

      • Ænima
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        17 days ago

        Yeap. Lot cheaper to live without a house payment!

    • @Serinus
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      Those Biden “I did that” sticker on gas pumps are gonna look a hell of a lot different in hindsight.

      • @Bytemeister
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        Couldn’t have picked a better week to switch to an electric car.

        • Cethin
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          97 days ago

          Bad news. Cost of petroleum increasing probably increases the cost of electricity too. Energy is energy. If cost of one source of energy increases then other sources also increase price.

          It probably won’t be as bad as gas prices, but it’s probably all going up.

          • @Bytemeister
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            27 days ago

            Good news, my EV holds about 5 dollars of electricity in it. Doubling the price isn’t going to be a huge deal. My partner’s civic holds ~ 48 dollars worth of gas. Doubling that is going to be painful.

            • Cethin
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              Yeah, good point. Electric is just always going to be cheaper. Still, it doesn’t totally remove the effect of oil prices, which should be higher but not like this.

    • @[email protected]
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      27 days ago

      The United States is one of the world’s largest oil producers, producing enough crude oil for domestic consumption and exporting millions of barrels daily. In 2023, it exported just over 10 million barrels per day, or b/d, of petroleum to 173 countries and three US territories.

      Yet, the US also imports roughly 8 million b/d, mostly heavy crude,60% of which comes from Canada, up from 33% in 2013. US oil refining capacity stood at 18.4 million barrels per day (b/d) as of Jan. 1, 2024. This may seem counterintuitive, but there are several reasons why the US still relies on imports.

      That says that 60% of the oil the USA imports comes from Camada, not that the USA imports 60% of its oil from Canada.