Taran RampersadMar 15

Helium. This I did not see coming.

Helium.

https://www.techspot.com/news/111683-critical-semiconductor-gas-lost-third-global-supply-drone.html

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Drone strikes halt a third of the world's helium supply, threatening chip production

At the center of the issue is the precision gas vital to chip manufacturing and cryogenics. Helium cools silicon wafers during fabrication, maintaining the extremely low temperatures...

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Show threadChip ButtyMar 15
@knowprose I think that high gas/oil prices will also mean we are low on gasses to go into food packaging as well (crisps, lettuce, that kind of thing)
Show threadThe Penguin of Evil

@otfrom @knowprose most food gas is stuff like CO2. More of a problem unless they change stuff is the single use plastic garbage is essentially only near free because it's made from unwanted oil/gas production outputs.

Bigger problems are fertilizer but there are alternatives, and it's mostly going to burn giant unsustainable industrial farming operations where they put crap like plastic coated fertilizer balls into the soil.

Other big one is the other direction - fresh food into the gulf

Mar 18 at 10:47pmWeb