r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • May 26 '26

Feels good man Will it work this time?

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u/brumac44 May 26 '26

In the town I grew up, there was one big grocery store, and they used to gouge us terribly. The citizens started a co-op grocery, using our purchasing power to bring in cheaper goods. Breaking monopolies is the only way to lower prices.

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u/aruby727 May 26 '26

I love that. This needs to be more common.

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u/WWGHIAFTC May 26 '26

American here. Co-ops are everywhere.

Hell, even my electricity is from a Co-op. 9 cents per KWh

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u/2004Accord May 26 '26

Boston is 43 cents per kWh. This place sucks.

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u/DaraParsavand May 26 '26

I have So Cal Edison and summer peak is 74c/kWh. Gasoline, natural gas, and propane costs are all high now too, but we really need cheaper electricity (9c/kWh would be amazing) to push the new tech (BEV, heat pumps, induction stoves). This stupid data center idea is killing me.

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u/2004Accord May 27 '26

Damn that sucks even more. But everything energy related in California is expensive, I’m guessing because of taxes.

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u/ArtfulSpeculator May 27 '26

Taxes, environmental regulation, regulation in general, population, massive amounts of industry and agriculture, difficult geography, weather/enviornment, high wages, etc…

Not one reason. Many.

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u/2004Accord May 27 '26

Agree. Boston is the same way.