/r/Shortages
This community facilitates the sharing of information on post-COVID shortages and observations of things in short supply in your area or line of work.
This community is to share information on post-COVID supply shortages and to share knowledge of things in short supply in your area or line of work.
Rule 1: Be Civil
Incivility isn’t allowed on this sub. We want to encourage a respectful discussion. Incivility includes but isn’t limited to:
- bigotry
- broad generalizations about groups of people
- insulting other users
- threats posting personal information celebrating or wishing for someone’s illness attempts to stir up drama
Rule 2: Avoid politics
Off topic political posts and comments will be removed. These off topic discussions can easily come to dominate online discussions. Therefore we remove these unrelated posts and comments and lock comments on borderline posts. Politics includes but isn’t limited to:
- shaming campaigns against businesses and individuals.
- posts about a politician’s take on events will be removed unless they are actively discussing policy or legislation.
- opinion pieces may be removed.
Rule 3: Avoid reposting information
Reposts will be removed. Reposts also cover new posts containing only information that has already been posted.
New information on the same story may only be posted if such information is significant in some way.
/r/Shortages
23,914 Subscribers
Argentina: Fuel scarcity
"Long lines to load gasoline at service stations due to lack of fuel supply. The shortages of gasoline and diesel caused major disruptions in the Capital area and several cities in the countryside; The Government met with the oil companies and agreed to import 10 ships of fuel "...
...But it is all related to a huge inflation process, completely created by the government printing & giving money as "social help", so that people vote for them (we are going through an election year).
If it is imported goods, they will dissapear because there will be no money to import them. If it is locally produced, sellers will refuse to sell because it makes no sense to get local currency, you just don't know what to charge so that you can win. Fuel is both, imported and locally produced.
You need to accept that in the city, a lot of things will be beyond what you can do: fuel will be a huge problem, specific products might require you to do extended walkarounds due to scarcity, and some imported good will just dissappear, like computers, books, spare parts, etc.
Some important economic personalities think hyperinflation is just around the corner. I think so too.
03:50 UTC
Rice shortage in Argentina
Every single supermarket in my state, Buenos Aires, has limits to buy rice: three units maximum, last two years drought being guilty for this shortage. Top quality trademarks are not found everywhere. It is a nation wide problem. The shortage turned acute since middle of this year, but it was known it was going to happen since the year before.
00:40 UTC