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Originally posted by Sylvanfan@Aug 31 2005, 08:51 PM
Time to come to grips with it, but we will be paying $1.50 a litre in Alberta by the end of the year for gas. What irks me is that there is going to be a trickle down effect where food, basic house hold supplies, natural gas.....basically everything I consume goes up in price due to increased shipping costs. Of course in order for others to maintain their lifestyle they're going to try and force me to take the paycut.....
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I have been thinking about this also.
If oil prices stay at $70+ per barrel, and dont come down, huge increases in my cost of living will occur. Think about it; its not only the gasoline, but everything - my ziplock bags cost more, cd's cost more, anything that contains plastics costs way more. Heating my home will cost more, and heck, even my Flames tickets will cost more because it costs more to maintain the Dome, and to fly the Flames all over the continent. Man, even a bus pass will double in price because it costs twice as much to drive the actual bus.
I've just guessed, but with my household income of ~$75K, I am thinking my yearly costs could go up as much as $10K over the next two years if oil prices dont come back down. Yikes.