Y'all Been Checkin' Lumber Prices?

[Steppenwolfe]

That is highway robbery. I pity people that have no choice but to pay that price.

Welcome to Economics 101...

 

[MoKelly]

Welcome to Economics 101...

I remember taking Econ 101 - but that was a lifetime ago. All I remember is supply and demand.

Come to think about it - that was pretty much all there was to Econ 101!

MoKelly

 

[JethroB]

I remember taking Econ 101 - but that was a lifetime ago. All I remember is supply and demand.

Come to think about it - that was pretty much all there was to Econ 101!

MoKelly

And elasticity and in-elasticity Prof. gave pop quizzes on Fridays to make us show up.
His classic question was "Is the sun shining"? Answer is always yes.

 

[MoKelly]

And elasticity and in-elasticity Prof. gave pop quizzes on Fridays to make us show up.
His classic question was "Is the sun shining"? Answer is always yes.

I must have been slower. We did price in Econ 102! Ha.

MoKelly

 

[goeduck]

I am holding off on a few projects in anticipation of prices coming back to earth. I hope they do not go to mars while I wait for them to come back to earth.

 

[s219]

The US wood shortage can be traced to a decades-old beetle infestation in Canada

Lumber prices in the US have risen sharply through 2020 and into 2021. Climate change and a beetle infestation from 20 years ago have a lot to do with it.

qz.com

 

[s219]

Interesting quote from above article

One of the US’s options is to import more lumber, particularly from Europe, which has stock in surplus. Over the past five years, Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic have had to harvest nearly 250 million cubic metres of spruce damaged by another bark beetle infestation, this too brought on by the warming climate. Ironically, if one beetle has depressed wood supplies to the US, another may yet elevate it.

 

[ultrarunner]

Walking around there is no shortage of home improvement projects going on in the area...

 

[plastikosmd]

Needed some pine
Took the Peterson out and cut up about 45 3.75x1x96
Fun couple of hours in the nice weather, then back in storage
Such a useful machine

 

[japody]