Good Morning

[Happy]

Butter has gone up to $5.97 at Walmart, likely more at other stores. Gas went up yesterday to $1.58.9/Liter. Everything has gone up except most peoples' incomes. Carbon tax went up recently - I still think that is just a money grab, especially since they charge GST on it. Interest rates on loans are going up, but not in investments. I'm going to try to grow vegetables this year and I'm thinking I need more younger hens for eggs. Meat is sooo expensive. Chicken feed is more expensive and so are eggs in the store. Home grown eggs taste better so I'd rather pay for them. Besides, chickens provide cheap entertainment!

I paid 1.59 on Wednesday to fill up and I just paid 1.72 here to top up because I'm hearing another jump tonight. That was the cheapest my gas finder could locate!

[Killerbunny]

Thing with gas is Oil cost $160/barrel after Katriona and up north it was $1.40 per litre. This is nothing to do with sanctions and supply chain!

[TomK]

Thing with gas is Oil cost $160/barrel after Katriona and up north it was $1.40 per litre. This is nothing to do with sanctions and supply chain!

you are right...its a scam and i am cynical enough to sound like a conspiracy theory idiot....but the gas thing has been a sore point with me for years...the explanations have been bafflegab at best and direct to myface lies at worst...I am not one to think that in this day of actual climate change issues we should be gettting gasoline cheap so we can go merrily along but this is too much too fast and gouging at its worst...

[lolotsung]

Electric car is looking good https://www.motortrend.com/style/electric/. I'm leaning towards the Mustang E SUV or Lightning for my next car. My Prius has 400k and 11 years old. I'm going to drive it until it costs more to fix it than drive it

FYI in Dubai there was a hotel that had 20k plus a night hotel rooms. The bar was filled with US oil and gas executives. My manager was wondering why there were so many beautiful women at the bar, then the women left one by one with the executives. "Who is paying for their entertainment expenses?"

While on the supply and demand topic and closer to home "She used to pay around $50 for a round hay bale. She's now paying more than $200 per bale" "Farmers who promised to sell her bales this winter instead took a higher price at auction, leaving her feed supply low all season, she said."... "People are taking advantage of the market and it's really not fair. Desperate people will pay whatever."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton ... -1.6373323

Do you get the feeling that life's a pyramid and you're at the bottom? <- This sounds like a Grumpy Chicken @Happy saying

EXXON CEO Compensation for 2019
D. W. Woods $23,529,292

Median Employee Pay
$173,712

Ratio 135:1

[Killerbunny]

Unfortunately for us an electric vehicle wouldn't work being rural. Recharging would be a nightmare because of hydro out here. Also capacity is limited even in Ottawa for charging stations in the home.

[lolotsung]

https://www.plugshare.com/ a friend of mine uses this App. So do you have many power outtages? If so, then you would need backup power or not get to work some days I think I have hubby's OK for the Generac solar backup battery system. After seeing people fighting over gas and hoarding during the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, I thought to myself, I need a backup plan. I'm going to wait and see what happens after the summer election because there may be some rebates for electric cars and solar energy. Many E cars have long ranges 400 to 500 km now though. My friend said in St. John's, NL it is not an option for her. Currently there are not enough charging stations to get her to her parent's house Backup plan for food is canned, jarred, dried food and eggs!

[Killerbunny]

We have a generator for power outs but the electric option just wouldn't work to get us anywhere round here.

[Killerbunny]

https://www.plugshare.com/ a friend of mine uses this App. So do you have many power outtages? If so, then you would need backup power or not get to work some days I think I have hubby's OK for the Generac solar backup battery system. After seeing people fighting over gas and hoarding during the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, I thought to myself, I need a backup plan. I'm going to wait and see what happens after the summer election because there may be some rebates for electric cars and solar energy. Many E cars have long ranges 400 to 500 km now though. My friend said in St. John's, NL it is not an option for her. Currently there are not enough charging stations to get her to her parent's house Backup plan for food is canned, jarred, dried food and eggs!

Also check out that report that found many of the charging stations were unavailable although they were supposed to be open.

[Killerbunny]

@lolotsung How much is that backup system? You must need quite a lot to generate enough power.

[lolotsung]

It is approx. 1 dollar per watt. The min. size battery is 9 kW which would cost approx 9k and after that you can add smaller batteries depending on what you need to carry you over until the sun comes up again. For our new house I will have enough for the fridge, the water pump, the sump pump, WIFI, 3 outlets for lighting, incubator in the event of a power failure. There will be around twenty 3 foot by 5 foot solar panels and the system including the battery will cost around 35k (rough estimate by me). We are waiting for the quote. The solar power will first charge the battery if the batttery is full then be used for the house if there is no need for the house then go back to the grid and we will get a credit for the energy. My rough guess is we will save $150 per month in electricity and it will take 15 years to pay off the system. This is based on electricity costs never going up. So the system may be paid off sooner. I'll tell you the exact price and savings once I get the quote. Note that since it is a backup system we are currently just making sure we have the electrician and the Generac installer talking to each other, Randy Youngberg installs for Generac. He was friendly and knowledgeable, https://intellectric.ca/emergency-generators/ I think he said a natural gas or diesel Generac costs $5,000. We don't have natural gas and I don't want to maintain, hear, or smell a diesel generator. My dad taught me all the practical and theoretical electrical I'll ever need before I started grade school. FYI I calculated the cost of the three 60 watt light bulbs along our driveway being on every night (light sensor) and I don't remember what it was but I know I turned them off and they stayed off. I'm fine with using moonlight or a flashlight when needed We will have a wood stove so the house can be heated and we can cook with wood if we lose power. Our house is very energy efficient so very little energy is needed to heat it.