The CBC reported today that there will be no bacon shortage as was suggested just last week. The whole bacon shortage has been written off as a pile of hogwash. Apparently, bacon prices are expected to rise which will induce more production and reduce consumption. We certainly wish that we had thought of that (they say tongue-in-cheek).
But CBC also reported today that there will be a shortage of disposable diapers. It seems that there has been a fire in a Japanese plant that produces 20 percent of the world’s acrylic acid which is used to make superabsorbent polymer, a key ingredient in disposable diapers. Supply of diapers will fall and there will be a shortage.
Remember last week when feed prices went up and the supply of bacon fell causing a shortage?
So, once again, you are hearing it here first. There will be no shortage of diapers. A decrease in the supply of acrylic acid will induce the other producers to increase output. The decrease in the supply of diapers will cause diaper prices to rise. Some people will switch to cloth diapers and/or diaper services.
Next week, CBC will announce that the whole diaper shortage scare was nothing but a pile of ****.
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