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Quebec's Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve

Posted by samzenpus on from the we're-gonna-need-a-bigger-pancake dept.

The global demand for maple syrup has grown to such an extent that Canadian producers have started to stockpile it in order to meet demand while still maintaining price stability. Just outside of Quebec City the two stockpiles, officially called the International Strategic Reserve, contain almost 8 million kilograms of syrup.

10 comments

  1. Only thing I can say is... by Locke2005 · · Score: 1

    Sweet!

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    1. Re:Only thing I can say is... by antdude · · Score: 1

      Dude! ;)

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    2. Re:Only thing I can say is... by MokuMokuRyoushi · · Score: 1

      What's mine say?

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    3. Re:Only thing I can say is... by antdude · · Score: 1

      Sweet! What does mine say? :D

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  2. Uh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    We have a stockpile of what now?

    8 million-kilograms of syrup? How many calories is that?

    1. Re:Uh? by Oxford_Comma_Lover · · Score: 1

      Twenty-seven point six billion Calories (kcal). Enough to feed 13.9 million people for a day, if that is all they ate--or 38,000 people for a year. (Assuming a 2,000 Calorie diet.)

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    2. Re:Uh? by M8e · · Score: 1

      20 880 000 000 000 cal
      20 880 000 000 kcal
      20 880 000 Mcal
      20 880 Gcal
      20.88 Tcal

    3. Re:Uh? by M8e · · Score: 1

      Oops, sorry...

      20 880 000 000 000 000 cal
      20 880 000 000 000 kcal
      20 880 000 000 Mcal
      20 880 000 Gcal
      20 880 Tcal
      20.88 Pcal

    4. Re:Uh? by Drakkenmensch · · Score: 1

      Just don't eat the bread in your main plate to balance out your caloric intake.

  3. All I can say is... by eldurbarn · · Score: 1

    Sweet, man.

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