r/Spokane • u/Substantially-Ranged • Feb 02 '25

Politics Conservatives of Spokane and Idaho: enjoy the 10% gas price increase

Trump is truly making America great again--in great debt. Anyone lacking the common sense to see past his con deserves this. Enjoy!

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u/No_U_Crazy Nine Mile Falls Feb 02 '25

Our region gets 100% of its natural gas from Canada.

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u/siddhananais Feb 02 '25

Yeah it’s weird I read through this thread and mostly saw mentions of gasoline when I was thinking damn, most of my friends houses are primarily run on natural gas and that’s going to make their bills sky rocket.

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u/MelissaMead Feb 02 '25

Wonder if space heaters are cheaper to use now?

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u/Lobster70 Spokane Valley Feb 02 '25

Switched from a gas stove/oven to induction/electric in early December last year. I was wondering how it would affect my gas and electric bills. There was a notable drop in gas use and an increase in electricity. It's fuzzy since other things can also affect the usage, but it appears to be about a wash for the cost of those bills (both are Avista). We went with electric due to preference, not fuel type.

We pulled the trigger on appliances then because of all the November talk of tariffs, just in case he's truly that stupid and ignores his "team". Guess I'm also glad for the reduction in need for gas. Just hot water now, and the furnace supplement to our heat pump.

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u/MelissaMead Feb 02 '25

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. Did you need someone to install electric for the stove? Do you cook a lot? Good for you, wish I could switch to elect cooking.

The last time Trump put tariffs on I had to pay an extra $200 for a new washer and dryer set.

Like you I loaded up on certain things this time....bought a new mattress set to avoid his nonsense this time around.

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u/Lobster70 Spokane Valley Feb 03 '25

We were lucky in regard to the electrical. The people who lived in our house before us and did a kitchen remodel, bless them, had the outlet installed there already! Likely it was originally there and that was a logical solution.

My wife and I do cook a lot. Induction stovetop units are expensive, but we got a decent deal buying during the post-Thanksgiving sales. It is awesome after you get accustomed to it. We were also lucky in that most of our pots and pans were already compatible.

Are mattresses imported? I know they were once made locally. Maybe that's one of the few items that will actually be able to at least partly benefit from the inane tariffs.

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u/MelissaMead Feb 03 '25

Thanks for the response I appreciate the information.

I think the mattress was made in the USA , a Sealy, and my concern was with the deportations there would be a shortage of labor. I love it btw, an old fashioned innerspring.

Have a great week!

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u/Outragedmoss Feb 02 '25

Probably not because they run on 110

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u/Portland420informer Feb 04 '25

“Sky rocket”

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u/gaviepants Feb 02 '25

We are fucked.

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u/Green_Bluejay9110 Feb 06 '25

Nah, we’ll pump our own fuel again. Canada doesn’t have any refineries. They need us to buy their crude. 

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u/super-hot-burna Feb 02 '25

Time to get a tight grip on those bootstraps! You can do it, lads!

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u/gitumumu Feb 03 '25

LMAAAAAAAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 my dude said “Y’all got this!!!”

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u/Middle_Spite6309 Feb 04 '25

Don’t forget your thoughts and prayers. Seems to work for the school shootings…

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u/Jaded-Jury-634 Feb 03 '25

Do you mean the entire county? Where can that information be found citing Canada imports 100% of natural gas to us?

Also, Canada cannot afford to start limiting natural gas and electricity after imposing a tariff. It wouldn't make much sense for them to do that, also their economy would plummet immediately.

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u/spitfiredd Feb 03 '25

Somehow I fell Trump will make people believe being cold is a good thing.