I’ll go first. One of our local gas stations is out of premium gas. It may not seem like a big deal but one of our cars is a plug-in electric that also has a gas motor that requires premium. While it’s only one station now, It’s likely a direct result of US action in Iran. I think it’s just the leading edge of problems to come.
Northeast US.
Not a shortage, per se, but apparently cocoa products are getting more expensive due to a poor growing season or disease or some other thing heralding the end of days.
Wife sent me this the other day. It is about double what it usually is.
Check out the Amazon price rising (not an Amazon link):
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Regional Australia (New South Wales).
Petrol prices are the highest I've ever seen. I guess that's true everywhere.
But also, on Weds when we went to Canberra we drove past two petrol stations with their signs turned off (suggesting they were completely out) — one in the city and one in the country. I've never seen that before. The country station was back on when we passed again a couple of hours later.
Friends and RAM. Found some good RAM on a second hand website though. Made me happy.
Not outing my geolocation though. 😅
Adderall (NYC, USA) still
Canada, gas prices went up 50%
Rural Alberta. Not really. Prices of gas have gone up a bit, but not enough to change life. There's enough family doctors to go around in this pocket, even if they're questionable.
In Calgary they have water shortages, because they road-salted their water mains into oblivion. Canada in general has housing and family doctor shortages, although Calgary actually has a glut of apartments right now.
yes, Australia, critical thinking and a lack of non stupid people ate lacking
alas, it's ever been thus as opined by Donald Horne in his iconic 1964 book
Cheapest toilet paper.
It's already begun.
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I"m not sure of the context here, but literally since March 2020, there's hardly a week or month that goes by where there's not been some kind of shortage. Seems like it's always something. Bird flu. Bad weather wiped out tomato crop. Fire at the mustard factory. Toilet paper shortage. Coffee fungus. And on and on and on.
Most recent in my area is spring onions. They have them in the stores, they look pitiful and have doubled or tripled in price.
Water, ram and hard drives.
Perth, Australia.
Fuel is expensive, but still available.
Some rural areas have been running out.
Main thing the world is short of is fast moving lead in an orange turds head.
I have a shortage of friends.
UK, petrol over $4/gal is very normal here. Converting units/currencies it looks like it's over 9USD/gal here and the price hasn't moved much yet due to the war.
I didn't buy petrol anyway so it really hasn't effected me in any way. By far the worst is SSD and RAM prices and that generally seems to follow global trends. If this kills AI bullshit and components become reasonable then it seems like a good trade off.
I used to be 5’5, now I'm 5’4. Shrinkflation is real people!
France: nothing here. Gas prices have increased by 30 cents, but it's kind of expected and I try not to use the car whenever I can so it's still fine.
Gas is up about $1/gal in the last month or so. It was up 10 cents a day for a bit.
Brazil is mostly fine thus far, we're kind screwed with diesel tho, which we don't refine locally
Eggs are limited to 6/family at my local producer and price increased of 20% at an other. At supermarket you find only "class 3" eggs (battery farmed). I guess people are very concerned about what they eat in my area!
Gas prices are up, but I'm in California, and our gas prices are always quite high relative to the rest of the US anyway, due to additional regulatory requirements.
Beef, did not pay attention to why but they hope to fix it soon.
Frozen, uncooked chicken has disappeared from HEB in San Antonio
Was having a hard time finding frozen fish the other day, but it was because the store was in the process of putting out new freezers and they were waiting to stock until the freezers were ready.
Edit Almost forgot! Our clothes dryer died, and despite the fact that a) it's less than a year old and b) it's under warranty, Maytag is unable to supply the control board needed to repair it. Instead, they are replacing the entire dryer.
We have been trying to get it fixed since January.
No, but then again how would I know when I only leave home to the bike trails
Think I'm going to stock up on gas and then sell door to door
There are a few petrol shortages in the UK I believe, but that's mostly people panic buying. I have an EV so doesn't affect me!
Not in Canada. Prices have gone up though.
From where I stand, there shurely seems to be not much hope left...
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