Inventory and availability discussion

[hollohas]

China is worried about major shortages too, I think because of some of the same ag supply issues. If China can't feed it's people, they will start some shit. They're telling their people to prepare for shortages.

Meanwhile in the US, we're told there aren't any shortages and even if there were, we should get used to it and consume less.

Pretty damn sad when China is more honest with it's people than the US is.

[Wulf202]

China is worried about major shortages too, I think because of some of the same ag supply issues. If China can't feed it's people, they will start some shit. They're telling their people to prepare for shortages.

Meanwhile in the US, we're told there aren't any shortages and even if there were, we should get used to it and consume less.

Pretty damn sad when China is more honest with it's people than the US is.

China threw a hissy fit with the Aussies and banned their coal imports. Chine burns coal for electricity in most places since their dams are built stupidly and with Chinese quality. For various political purposes china has shut down multiple domestic coal mines. Other countries coal is of lesser quality and they were all shut down with covid too. So it's less available and less efficient. No electricity, no factories producing parts.

As of this point they have brown outs and black outs in most regions and power plants are hand to mouth with their inventories

At this point it's a race to see which country gets fucked the least globally.