Commentary
It seems like we are running short on all sorts of things these days, including CO2 (carbon dioxide).
YahooFinance recently reported that Italian drinks companies can’t get enough CO2 to put fizz into their cans and bottles, as gas producers cut output in response to rising energy prices.
“Our suppliers have informed us they are struggling to find CO2 because the Ferrara plant operations are curtailed due to high energy costs,” Alberto Bertone, CEO and chairman of Italian mineral water firm Acqua Sant’Anna, told YahooFinance.
The shortage isn’t confined to drinks companies, however. In December, Patrick Carroll of the Foundation for Economic Education wrote about how the meat industry in the UK was facing a similar shortage. These stories tell a bigger story of interconnectedness in the economy, and how the removal of one element leads to a cascade of other problems….