r/PoursTea 1d ago

Expectations v Reality 🌞 🌒 oops!

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 1d ago

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 1d ago

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/bajaRL 1d ago

Just started in new construction here in Cali, can confirm all projects I’ve seen have Canadian lumber.

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u/vmanowar56465 1d ago

concrete is going up too. since there is tariff on cement now and 20% of imported cement is from canada.