Global Supply Chain Crisis 2021: Megathread - A cozy thread for watching the supply chain fall apart just in time for the holidays

[Male Idiot]

So I will wrote from perspective of one of the biggest cities in my part of former eastern block (now part of EU):

- nearly all kind of food have giant prices and they still increase - this is partially eased by EU economics,
- nearly all kind of electronic equipment is in high prices (e.g. used and refurbed Dell E6320 notebook is now priced nearly 180-200 USD in local currency, few years ago in was in range 50-70 USD), new computers are priced as hell - some effect is that in Europe was popular to send kids into e-learning from homes in the pandemic,
- all fuels at the ATH in consumer prices,
- prices of EUR, USD, CHF and GBP in smaller european currencies are high, but still in normal prices (near the ATH, but most of small european currencies (NOK, HUF, other currencies in non-eurozone countries like Romania) didn't break ATL in relation to global currencies. It is strange, but ukrainian hrywna is getting more and more priced in relation to USD and EUR event that many people in Europe, governments and so one are nearly sure that war with Russia is coming in weeks.
- medic pesonel, medic supplies and so one are low and going to be in my opinnion in critical levels after winter - some personel changed his jobs, some was died on COVID-19, some migrated to other european countries etc. and most of Europe didn't have nearly any serious drug-producers (they all import stuff like that from rest of the world),
- strangely, animal food (in all kinds) is in great supply and cheap, even some better ones (cost of feeding mydogs are around 50-75 USD - two big dogs).

Agrees on most, but the HUF is doing very poorly and USD/EUR is skyrocketing.

 

[Elämällä on väliä]

Agrees on most, but the HUF is doing very poorly and USD/EUR is skyrocketing.

Ok, I must admit that HUF just passed the former ATH (~365 HUF for one EUR) adn has a price of 369 HUF per one EUR.

Well, some of small european currencies are ind anger from their own counitres - turkish lira just going to the bottom of the ocean, HUF breached former glass-floor and PLN is in command from a "not normal" central bank&co (not very more than a month ago, with local inflation more that 5,5% their interest rates was ATL - near zero, 0-0,5% AFAIR).

Besides, most of non-euro currencies in Europe are very small compared to any other currencies - I'm not sure what currency in western hemisphere can be compared to HUF and other small boys, CAD is a big guy compared to them.

 

[the fall of man]

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Nice holiday, I think I'll ruin it

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[Quijibo69]

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How do I use last years plastic Christmas tree?

 

[the fall of man]

How do I use last years plastic Christmas tree?

We got a fake a couple years ago as well, and generally have been preparing for the boog to the point where I'm kind of excited to break out the disaster rations. Absolute shame still

 

[contradiction of terns]

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Gosh dangit. I was going to post this.

I guess I'll just have to pick on the maple syrup shortage instead. Leave it to the Leafs to have a Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve.

 

[Sanshain]

Gosh dangit. I was going to post this.

I guess I'll just have to pick on the maple syrup shortage instead. Leave it to the Leafs to have a Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve.

Unironically an excellent choice. Stuff like maple syrup is absolutely perfect for long-term reserve stockpiling.

It'll keep perfectly for years and years and years, because it's just sugar. It's massively useful in all sorts of ways. It's a luxury good so you can sell it for lots of money, or hoard it for ages as a crazy survivalist. You can use it to preserve food. You can ferment it into biofuel or just plain hard liquor. You can, get this, even eat it if you want to.

Seriously. I'd happily take a 100-gallon drum of maple syrup over a 100-gallon drum of gasoline any day.

 

[contradiction of terns]

Unironically an excellent choice. Stuff like maple syrup is absolutely perfect for long-term reserve stockpiling.

It'll keep perfectly for years and years and years, because it's just sugar. It's massively useful in all sorts of ways. It's a luxury good so you can sell it for lots of money, or hoard it for ages as a crazy survivalist. You can use it to preserve food. You can ferment it into biofuel or just plain hard liquor. You can, get this, even eat it if you want to.

Seriously. I'd happily take a 100-gallon drum of maple syrup over a 100-gallon drum of gasoline any day.

I mean, I still find it funny, but you're right. The article talks about how much maple syrup is worth and my eyes nearly popped out of my head when I saw the numbers.

Besides, isn't it insanely hard to store gasoline long term? Even if your drum of maple syrup went 'bad' somehow, wouldn't it most likely leave you with crystalized sugar?

 

[Beavis]

A case of soda at sams club has gone from $12 to almost $15.

 

[Titos]

and stock up on ivermectin, that stuff kills parasites like crazy.

Ivermectin doesn't do shit to parasites, I laced some jews food with it and he's still alive.

 

[teriyakiburns]

I mean, I still find it funny, but you're right. The article talks about how much maple syrup is worth and my eyes nearly popped out of my head when I saw the numbers.

Besides, isn't it insanely hard to store gasoline long term? Even if your drum of maple syrup went 'bad' somehow, wouldn't it most likely leave you with crystalized sugar?

Can't speak for gasoline personally, but I keep a couple of jerry cans of diesel around for emergency use. You should keep the fuel in a cool environment (below 20°C, ideally around 10), keep it in a sealed container to minimise oxidation and moisture build-up, and help to prevent the growth of fuel-eating microbes. It's impossible to achieve long-term - no seal is perfect - but with a good fuel stabiliser and a broad range biocide, I've kept diesel viable for up to two years. I expect you could get a good year and change out of gasoline with a similar treatment, though it's far more sensitive to higher temperatures than diesel.

The equation changes somewhat with the biofuel additives they're using now. Biofuels do have a certain water content inherently, which brings an increased roisk of oxidation and microbial growth. They also spontaneously break down over time, producing acids that can damage your engine (reason #69 in why biofuels are stupid). A stabiliser can only do so much in that situation.

 

[mindlessobserver]

Maple syrup last a long time but it's also expensive as hell. Molasses is the patrician preppers sweetener of choice. You can buy it by the gallon on Amazon for dirt cheap.

 

[Hijaboholic]

I guess I am lucky that my city is nearby farmlands. Just about every store from mom and pop shops to multinational corporations are always stocked with local produce and a fair amount of processed goods from nearby cities. The only items I have noticed missing for extended periods of time are imports from India and South East Asia, and anything with electronics in them. Other than that my city has barely been impacted by supply chain issues.

 

[Keystone]

We got a fake a couple years ago as well, and generally have been preparing for the boog to the point where I'm kind of excited to break out the disaster rations. Absolute shame still

Fake ones are the better choice anyway. Got one a few years back and it's just so much more convenient. Besides, the tree isn't what matters -- the hand made ornaments you hang on it and the people you sit next to it with are.

 

[Quijibo69]

I live in a busy city in Florida and my lease is running out the middle of next year. Thinking about buying an RV hitting the road and driving to a place with less people hoarding food and camping out if I'm not already fucked. I regret getting the extra 7 month lease and thinking things would get better.

 

[contradiction of terns]

I live in a busy city in Florida and my lease is running out the middle of next year. Thinking about buying an RV hitting the road and driving to a place with less people hoarding food and camping out if I'm not already fucked. I regret getting the extra 7 month lease and thinking things would get better.

Keep in mind while RV shopping that all RVs made after 2010 or so have the same DEF sensor requirement as the trucks that are still getting stranded on the side of the road.

Now, there will be chips again some day (hopefully), so don't let it stop you, but be careful about that particular aspect. There's an Arduino hack you can use to bypass the DEF system, so as long as you own the vehicle it doesn't have to be a deal breaker.

 

[Hippopatumus]

RV'ing is a disaster. You can't find any, and during Covid all the places you could take an RV to park for the night were closed down, which is just as likely to happen again.

Plus as a literal homeless vagrant you lose a surprising amount of rights wherever you happen to be.

 

[Billy Beer]

Asda charters cargo ship to prevent Christmas shortages

Supermarket says the move ensures it will not run out of decorations, gifts and toys.

www.bbc.co.uk

Can someone with more experience or knowledge than me explain how this is possible?

Asda charter their own ship so that shelves are full? I thought the supply chain crisis was caused by no truck drivers, no containers and no staff?

I'm confused

 

[teriyakiburns]

Asda charters cargo ship to prevent Christmas shortages

Supermarket says the move ensures it will not run out of decorations, gifts and toys.

www.bbc.co.uk

Can someone with more experience or knowledge than me explain how this is possible?

Asda charter their own ship so that shelves are full? I thought the supply chain crisis was caused by no truck drivers, no containers and no staff?

I'm confused

The driver shortage is amongst independents and contract drivers like Eddie Stobart. Asda could conceivably move the goods with their in-house drivers and fleet.

When you get down to it though, this is a blatant PR move, designed to make them look better compared to the competition. 350 containers of stuff superficially sounds like a lot, but it would probably serve 30, maybe 40 stores at most, while Asda have north of 600 stores around the UK.

 

[the fall of man]

Asda charters cargo ship to prevent Christmas shortages

Supermarket says the move ensures it will not run out of decorations, gifts and toys.

www.bbc.co.uk

Can someone with more experience or knowledge than me explain how this is possible?

Asda charter their own ship so that shelves are full? I thought the supply chain crisis was caused by no truck drivers, no containers and no staff?

I'm confused

No truck drivers is a larger US problem, since we're huge. There's also a (boat) shipping problem, which would be magnified for the UK - I don't even know how cheap chinese shit gets to you, frankly. It's very easy for boats to sail from China to California, so they clog up our ports.