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Politics : Politics of Energy
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To: Road Walker who wrote (8202)5/12/2009 2:20:25 PM
From: Hawkmoon1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 86355
 
Seriously, what percentage do you think our energy costs would go up? I think I read 20% somewhere.

That's a 20% advantage our competitors will have.

Lord knows they already have a competition in labor costs.

I'll give you an example. I was walking through a "gourmet" grocery store in Houston the other day, just curious about what they had in stock and their prices. (ok.. I was bored.. ;0)

Remembered that I need to get some Jello and discovered they were charging 20% more than the Kroger grocery store down the street.

For purpose of comparison, the Kroger's parking lot was half full, while this gourmet store had maybe all of 5 customers there.

Logical assumption? The gourmet shop is likely to go out of business at some point because even their most basic items are 20% more expensive than the competition.

Now apply that to our overall global economy.

Hawk
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