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ray b
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SEP 07, 12:07 PM
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home prices and rent for apt and homes is a skyrocket locally
many are seeing huge price jumps
gas has come back down to about 3.50 from near 5 a gal
jobs are strong lots of help wanted signs
food up a bit
soda pop leading the price gouging from 5 to 8.99
el is state reg and needs approval to raise rates but coming
cars are better then a year ago still higher then 2019 by a lot
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Cliff Pennock
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SEP 07, 12:53 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
Whoa!!! My Lord, what is the price of electricity per kilowatt hour?
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US$ 0.85
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maryjane
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SEP 07, 01:52 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by ray b:
food up a bit
cars are better then a year ago still higher then 2019 by a lot |
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| quote | People also ask
How much have food prices increased over the past year?
Over the last 12 months, grocery prices soared 13.1% — the largest annual increase since the year ending in March 1979, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday. Aug 10, 2022 |
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| quote | The level of food price inflation varies depending on whether the food was purchased for consumption at home or away from home:
The food-at-home (grocery store or supermarket food purchases) CPI increased 1.4 percent from June 2022 to July 2022 and was 13.1 percent higher than July 2021; and
The food-away-from-home (restaurant purchases) CPI increased 0.7 percent in July 2022 and was 7.6 percent higher than July 2021. |
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https://www.ers.usda.gov/da...ok/summary-findings/
Used vehicle prices are just out of sight.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/0...s-for-used-cars.html
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kslish
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SEP 07, 04:40 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
Hope you don't mind my change to your post but, I think the correction is precisely point on.
Rams
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I was trying to stay neutral so this thread didn't get thrown in the Politics category. 
But yes, there is definitely a distinct difference in energy policy between the two most recent administrations.
Housing is the thing that I notice the most. It was crazy earlier this year how places were selling at astronomical prices and yet they still sold in like 3 days. Now with the much higher interest rates, it's starting to slow but not by much. A house nearby on our road that is slightly bigger (one more bedroom) but has less than half the land, a gravel instead of paved driveway, and no garage, just sold for $239,900 barely two weeks after it was listed for $249,000. This same house sold for $184,900 in late 2019 in the exact same condition as it is currently (i.e. no major home improvements were done).
I figure the net value of our two properties have gone up roughly 50% in value during this craziness, and they'll both be paid off in a few years.[This message has been edited by kslish (edited 09-07-2022).]
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82-T/A [At Work]
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SEP 08, 12:52 PM
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Russia funds a lot of propaganda throughout Europe... in particular, anti-nuclear power.
I know people say... it's because of the reactor in Japan... it isn't. The anti-Nuclear sentiment has been going on for quite some time.
Europe needs all new Gen 3 and Gen 4 reactors to supplement their power. Gen 4 is awesome, it literally uses the waste from Gen 1 / 2 as fuel (and we have plenty of that around the world), making it further inert, and it's significantly more efficient than Gen 1 or 2... and of course... how you decide to make it generate power makes a difference as well (steam, salt, whatever).
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Raydar
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SEP 08, 02:31 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by kslish:
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France is bringing retired nuclear reactors back online at roughly the rate of one per month and all the reactors in the country will be back in operation by winter. I didn't realize nuclear plants could be turned around that quick.
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Unless I'm mistaken in what I heard, I also understand the Germany is mothballing their nuclear reactors. Right now.
Makes no sense.
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rinselberg
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SEP 08, 02:46 PM
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"Germany to keep two nuclear plants available as a backup and burn coal as it faces an energy crisis brought on by war and climate change"
Catherine Clifford for CNBC; September 6, 2022.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/0...ckup-burn-coal-.html[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 09-08-2022).]
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Patrick
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SEP 08, 03:29 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by ray b:
soda pop leading the price gouging from 5 to 8.99
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Wouldn't bother me a bit if the price on crap like Coca-Cola was quadrupled. It's not as if pop was a dietary and/or nutritional necessity. Far from it. It would probably benefit the health of a good number of those who are addicted to pop to leave it on the store shelves.[This message has been edited by Patrick (edited 09-08-2022).]
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Patrick
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SEP 08, 03:43 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:
US$ 0.85
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Wow, I almost feel guilty. The price here is $0.07(US) per kWh for first 1,350 kWh in an average two month billing period (22.1918 kWh per day), and $0.11(US) per kWh when over the threshold.
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ray b
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SEP 09, 09:46 AM
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.07+ fuel adj 10 a K under 1000K
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.08 + different fuel rate for a total of 0.12 over the 1000k base
plus BS taxes fees and gobbty charges extra 60 on a 380 bill to 440 for august------------------
Question wonder and be wierd
are you kind?
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