Commodity shortages

#927
#927
AM64 said:
It's really about money as DynaLo says. Building a nuclear plant is a huge investment, and there are many across the US that were never completed - TVA has a few of those sunk investments. When a couple of cowboys with a modified jet engine and cheap natural gas could generate electric power cheaply, it put a stake in the nuclear power heart. We'll pay the price now for that short sightedness (whether we blame the investment community, the utilities, or the "renewables" crowd) because you may start a new NG fired plant, solar farm, or bird shredders almost overnight but you can't do the same with a nuclear plant.

The other thing that nobody seems to be talking about but looks like disaster in the making for long term and certified technology is electronics obsolescence. You can't just replace forty year old transistors in nuclear plants if they don't exist and nobody wants to manufacture old parts. Regulations mean you can't buy off the shelf replacement components or systems to keep a plant running when electronics manufacturers are thinking a couple of years for obsolescence of new devices.
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what you are saying about obsolescence would be true but fortunately that is a battle that has been being fought for a long time. The result has been analog systems being replaced with digital systems in each plant on a risk / priority basis. And you are correct with regard to the regulations aspect which is why the systems designers have to jump thru many hoops for the regulators who have to approve the systems, especially with regard to the cyber security piece. This is major $$$$.

one of the things that really chaps me is the uneven playing field. For example, nukes have to pay into a decommissioning fund to return a nuke site to some form of natural state which I agree with. Anybody ever hear of such a thing for the solar panel/battery systems?

one more thing that is totally ridiculous....check out this 14 year old article that is just as valid now as it was then.....

https://www.heritage.org/environment/commentary/recycling-nuclear-fuel-the-french-do-it-why-cant-oui
 
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#928
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Question: How did babies survive before we had baby formula?
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People have become more reliant on formula like other things in the grocery store. It has the mix of nutrition needed when women don't go natural.

The article mentions baby food sales are down vs last year yet the shelves are empty a lot. This seems like more of an issue the high price of beef, etc.
 
#929
#929
"Let them eat soy..."

St. Louis Fed Has Some Advice For Your Thanksgiving Dinner: Eat Plants, Not Poultry | ZeroHedge

The tweet was widely unpopular given that it was "ratioed," meaning there were a more significant number of replies or comments than likes.

The tweet was poorly timed. It comes as some of the highest consumer price readings in decades have been reported. Soaring inflation has wiped out real wage gains this year as consumer sentiment collapses. But that doesn't stop the Fed's social media team propaganda arm from telling people they should consume a cheaper plant-based diet than more expensive turkey and all the servings.
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#937
#937
I've noticed that many knives on several online sites are currently out of stock. 😞
 
#946
#946
For fun I did a one year review of a Walmart order I did 12/1/20. I reordered all items, and substituted as close as I could for things that were out of stock (which is pretty lol considering how much worse things were a year ago). On the face of it my bill would have gone up 8.6%. That's not great, not terrible. But I reviewed some items and found interesting things. The cube steak I ordered last year was the 2.1-2.6lb pack and it wound up being $12. I assume that's around $4.50/lb or thereabouts. The current version is $5.78/lb and the placeholder amount is $8.96. That's a package weighing 1.6lbs. So it appears they've shrunk the packages to maintain a certain price range per pack. You're getting less meat but paying the same price, so really my bill should be even higher and the YOY increase would be over 9%. The candy canes we ordered were still $1 but the package weighs 7% less. Things like sausage and chicken are up 40%+ year over year, even cokes are 17% more expensive. If you remove the allergy meds from this order (which were unchanged) and just look at food the increase is closer to 12%. Meanwhile businesses are cutting raises to curb expenses. I think next year is going to be even more interesting with costs continue to climb and employers refusing to increases wages to account for these new problems.
 
#950
#950
hog88 said:
A shortage of booze is one thing that can bring about some serious civil disturbance.
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If they think Covid filled up hospitals , let the alcohol distribution be interrupted for a while and there won’t be enough beds for the ones going through withdrawals .
 
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