When it comes food price inflation in Canada, grocery stores aren’t the only issue

[Hamloc]

[QUOTE=chuckChuck;576192]

Did you forget the price of natural gas also went up Hamloc? LOL Gas is the biggest supplier of electricity in Alberta isn't it?

Plus Alberta's electrical system is deregulated and they charge what the market will bear.

Rates for farmers are cheaper in "socialist" regulated Saskatchewan.

Actually Chuck2, the price of natural gas is roughly half of what it was in Nov. Dec. of 2022. $2.85 a gigajoule now, it was almost $6 11 months ago. So wrong again. Now if you had pointed out the carbon tax was up 30% year over year on that natural gas you would be correct.

[Guest]

Oh , oh
Chucky kinda stuck his foot in his mouth there , lol

[blackpowder]

Someone touched a nerve. He divulged something personal. It's always those with telling others how to live without. And it's never willed to charity. LOL

[chuckChuck]

you must feel very privileged to own near 40 quarters of stolen land

I don't own it all by any means.

Yes I do feel privileged to own farm land that was once owned and occupied by first nations people and then given to settlers while the first nations were discriminated against and in many cases starved on to small uneconomic reserves where they were treated badly.

That's why governments are talking about reconciliation and settling treaty land claims that were never settled.

[chuckChuck]

[QUOTE=Hamloc;576215]

Actually Chuck2, the price of natural gas is roughly half of what it was in Nov. Dec. of 2022. $2.85 a gigajoule now, it was almost $6 11 months ago. So wrong again. Now if you had pointed out the carbon tax was up 30% year over year on that natural gas you would be correct.

Gas prices go up and down. But how do you know when and whether the utilities pass on the savings to consumers?

Saskatchewan has regulated rates that are cheaper than Albertas. They also are installing lots of wind and some solar.

How do you know how much renewable additions are costing consumers? You don't.

And we know that IRENA said that renewables saved many consumers from the higher costs of fossil fuel generation.

"Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2022, published by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today shows that the renewable power added in 2022 reduced the fuel bill of the electricity sector worldwide. New capacity added since 2000 reduced the electricity sector fuel bill in 2022 by at least USD 520 billion. In non-OECD countries, just the saving over the lifetime of new capacity additions in 2022 will reduce costs by up to USD 580 billion.

In addition to these direct cost savings, there would be substantial economic benefits from reducing CO2 emissions and local air pollutants. Without the deployment of renewables over the last two decades, the economic disruption from the fossil fuel price shock in 2022 would have been much worse and possibly beyond many governments ability to soften with public funding."

[Guest]

I don't own it all by any means.

Yes I do feel privileged to own farm land that was once owned and occupied by first nations people and then given to settlers while the first nations were discriminated against and in many cases starved on to small uneconomic reserves where they were treated badly.

That's why governments are talking about reconciliation and settling treaty land claims that were never settled.

Just give it back ?? If it’s really bothering you
You do too much “talking the talk”
Instead of “walking the walk”
I bet you’ve never even had a native work for you , like a lot of the rest of us have , and with reserves all around you
Some of the best , nicest workers I have come across

[cropgrower]

see how he said his land was given to the settlers LOL . so no need for him to give anything back LOL . all the other land that we farm was stolen LOL . we are the bad guys LOL

[blackpowder]

You can buy whatever you want if you're using free cash I suppose....
Didn't make sense, doesn't make sense, and won't make sense for some time into the future either. Now we know the rest of the story.

[chuckChuck]

see how he said his land was given to the settlers LOL . so no need for him to give anything back LOL . all the other land that we farm was stolen LOL . we are the bad guys LOL

Yes the land was stolen.

But you blame first nation for all their problems instead of understanding what happened to them.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Yes the land was stolen.

But you blame first nation for all their problems instead of understanding what happened to them.

And what are you, yourself, personally doing to improve the situation?

Does your charity extend beyond lecturing farmers on an internet forum?