In the previous post I talked about the danger of a rail strike interrupting chlorine deliveries to water processing facilities. Well that appears to be prevented for the time being, at least till after the election.
Today we'll get get really serious.CO2 shortages disrupting ber production! Most of the CO2 used in the carbonization of beer and soft drinks comes from a huge underground reservoir created by an extinct volcano in Mississippi.
Well at present the suppliers are finding contamination in the gas they're pumping out of the reservoir and having difficulty separating it out from the desired CO2.
Smaller brewers are finding deliveries either cut of completely or so reduced as to make it impossible to stay in business. Larger brewers are paying 3 to 4 times as much for supplies.
High food prices, high gas prices, soaring mortgage rates and now the possibility of no beer at the supermarket.
Whatever the cause of the problem nothing is going to piss off "Joe Six Pack" more than not being able to afford or even get his favorite six pack.
Three guesses who he will blame and the first two don't count. Biden has been able to suppress rising gas prices by emptying the National Petroleum Reserve but I've never heard of anything called The National CO2 Reserve.
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