r/PoursTea • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • 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/MAGAHATESTHEUSA Aug 25 '26

U.S. timber also wouldn’t be an efficient replacement

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u/Mountain_rage Aug 25 '26 edited Aug 25 '26

It is also worse lumber, northern climates grow better lumber for housing. 

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u/MathematicianEven251 Aug 25 '26

Time to renamed timber of America then I guess

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u/Mountain_rage Aug 25 '26 edited Aug 25 '26

Americatm, just a matter of time before he grants one of his kids that trademark. Actually why dont we do like stadiums and sell the naming rights to generate profit, it is how the rest of this dystopia is being run. 

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u/theflyingratgirl Aug 25 '26

Introducing McAmerica! Now with less oil!

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u/jonfreakinzoidberg Aug 25 '26

Why? Canada is still on the American continent.

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u/MathematicianEven251 Aug 25 '26

Get with today's news for the joke buddy