[ale] (OT) Panic time. Beer production at risk??

[Pete Hardie]

"The beer must flow!"

On Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 08:07 Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Due to changes in ethanol production for gasoline additive and lower
> demand due to decreased driving, food grade CO2 production is down and this
> will impact beer production. Oh, and water treatment plant processing as
> well.
>
> But, beer?!?!!!! Must fix this.
>
> Hmm. Cask ales....
>
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/20/carbon-dioxide-shortage-us-food-water-coronavirus
>
> Too bad we can't capture and clean CO2 output from natural gas fired power
> plants. Gotta keep the beer supply flowing.
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