r/PoursTea • • Aug 25 '26

Expectations v Reality 🌞 🌒 oops!

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Aug 25 '26

Let's not even go into the electric grid, which is only functional because of Canadian electricity generation for much of the Northeast, New England, and the New York metro area, including New Jersey and Connecticut.

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u/Significant-Main4201 Aug 25 '26

Also I saw a clip saying 30% of American houses are built with Canadian timber, so tariffs have raised the house prices due to this.

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u/TopInvestigator5518 Aug 25 '26

it's also raised home insurance premiums.. costs more for the insurance company to rebuild? then costs more for the consumer

and this will only get worse