chronically lowkey worried about this possibility https://twitter.com/sonyasupposedly/status/1252694453040496640 …
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basically this sort of thing but scaled up and so many happening at once that we can't apply Band-Aids fast enough to stop a cascade positive feedback loop go brrrrrhttps://twitter.com/balajis/status/1252318840119103488?s=19 …
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Balaji SrinivasanVerified account @balajisWashington state officials think cascading failures may threaten water supply. - ethanol demand crashes - ethanol plants close - but CO2 was a byproduct - so CO2 becomes scarce - need CO2 for water supply - possible water shortages? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/20/carbon-dioxide-shortage-us-food-water-coronavirus … https://twitter.com/jonst0kes/status/1252258543568379905 … pic.twitter.com/C0ThPWSGTPShow this thread13 replies 8 retweets 54 likesShow this thread -
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Replying to @fire__exit
Easy fix here, but I wonder how many niche but essential supplies are going to suffer similar problems, and how many will be harder to scale up via new means on short notice
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Replying to @bobpoekert @fire__exit
are the refineries shutting down? Surely they've gotta be producing some (eg) gasoline even at current low consumption (?) but also yes
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And here we thought we live in a market economy, but it turns out it's just a complex arrangement of wonderful accidents that gives the byproducts of making subsidized fuel additives to water treatment plants etc., and if an important species dies, the whole ecology topples?
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long run vs short run elasticities of supply 
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