Thursday, June 21, 2018

CO2 shortage hits Europe - Ice Age Now

CO2 shortage hits Europe - Ice Age Now:
Image result for co2 kills“Bizarre news story of the shortage in Western Europe of food-grade carbon dioxide,” says reader Robert Boon.
“The fertilizer and chemical plants which produce the gas as a bi-product shut down for annual maintenance and the soft drinks and the brewing industry fear a shortage of the gas.”
Here’s how Gasworld.com puts it:
“In what has been described as the ‘worst supply situation to hit the European carbon dioxide (CO2) business in decades’, many consumers of CO2 – especially the carbonated drinks producers – are desperate for supplies of the product.”
https://www.gasworld.com/breaking-news-co2-supply-crisis-hits-europe/2014944.article#/close
To paraphrase ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’:CO2, CO2 everywhere but not a drop for a drink.  – Robert Boon

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