by frugalcanuck » Sun Dec 11, 2011 5:59 pm
beauanderos wrote:Everyone here is concerned that the USPS might be the ones to impose change on the system, by raising the prices to ship flat rate. Not a single respondent questions whether the present system is sustainable. It is NOT. Peak oil will put air transport out of business some day. It is not a question of if it might happen, or when might it happen. It is inevitable and imminent, and you will have far greater concerns as a result, than merely pondering how profitable it might be to continue sorting cents. An interesting perspective of the after-effects of a world undergoing post peak-oil is the recently released movie Atlas Shrugged. For those who think I'm a tree-hugger, go take the Crash Course at chrismartenson.com and then you might want to rethink your skepticism.
Right on the mark. I second the go take the crash course. I watch it when I sort. I have watched it many many times. To get the answer to your question all you have to do is ask any Canadian. It is not profitable to sell unless you make a trip to the states for the flat rate or you have a local buyer. That is with the current prices of copper, gas, and fiat.
Any other Canucks feel like commenting?
"The study of money, above all other fields in economics, is one in which complexity is used to disguise truth or to evade truth, not to reveal it. The process by which banks create money is so simple the mind is repelled. With something so important, a deeper mystery seems only decent." John Kenneth Galbraith 1975