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So how is not buying American going for you? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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Last trip to the grocery store I couldn't find any non-US salad kits, and Silk NextMilk is made down there now, because I guess our plants were the listeria ones. Chip dip was surprisingly hard to find too, although I did it.

I'm very pleased with how many vegetables actually come from Mexico (definitely via the US though), and there's even a few things you can get from greenhouses, so that situation is less dire than I'd expected.

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[-] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 13 points 2 weeks ago

sorry to butt in but that’s a hobby of mine 😀

for example going full renewables: solar panels made in south korea (qcells), battery german (sonnen), ev south korea (hyundai ioniq), heat pump australia/japan (reclaim energy)

I’m now looking at computer parts made exclusively in taiwan (looks like gigabyte mainly) because europe appears to have 0 competitive chip makers

it seems you can still buy bigger items that are local or non-china made but you will be punished for it, prices are anywhere from 10% to 100% higher

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I went to buy a pair of scissors this week. I could not find a pair that wasn’t made in China.

I went to buy a greeting card, 75% of them were made in China. It makes absolutely no sense. It’s a freaking happy birthday card. There is no way it’s cheaper to cut down the tree, mill the paper, send it to China on a boat, have it printed, then have it sent back to North America on another boat. WTF?

[-] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

yep small items i've pretty much given up on, nobody seems to care that $2 worth of stickers are made in China

It just keeps going though, weirdest one for me was those little marshmallows you put on cakes:

Coles Bake and Create Pink and White Mallows, 100g. Great for creating a delicious rocky road or topping hot drinks.

Made in China

https://www.coles.com.au/product/coles-mallows-pink-and-white-100g-2441652

Really???

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Staples has online card building, you can customize all of it if you want, and it was about $2.50. Just have to plan ahead because they often print it at another facility and use the interstore shipping to get it to your pickup store.

[-] Slax@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

I've never heard of Reclaim.. How is that heat pump treating you? We got a Bryant (I believe it's a Midea rebadged) and our solar is a Sol-Ark inverter (I still need to figure out how to get it off WiFi and just local using CANbus..) and LONGi panels.

[-] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yep sorry I'm in Aus not Canada, they're a local manufacturer (https://reclaimenergy.com.au/), expensive as hell but felt like showing my support to at least one of the few places this still does engineering in Australia

How is that heat pump treating you

Really good! the separate compressor from the tank makes it whisper quiet, can barely hear it even if you're a foot away, co2 which is the most environment friendly refrigerant, and power usage is well, minimal, only a small 160L tank because I live by myself, can see example of what it uses here (it's the light blue bit at around 8am in the morning):