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The toilet paper shortage is kind of a bad example, because it was caused by a very real and sudden shift in demand from the very seperate commercial and person
by ATsch 5y ago
The toilet paper shortage is kind of a bad example, because it was caused by a very real and sudden shift in demand from the very seperate commercial and personal toilet paper manufacturing markets.
- lobochrome 5y agoIs there a source for this?
- xxs 5y agolook for companies retooling their output - company toilet paper rolls are quite different than home use
- bewaretheirs 5y agoAll over the place. From April 2020: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/04/08/coronavirus-shortage-where-has-all-the-toilet-paper-gone/2964143001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/04/08/coronavirus-...
- smhost 5y agodemand shift and panic buying are not mutually exclusive. and it also keeps happening (from this week: https://www.businessinsider.com/costco-shoppers-stockpiling-toilet-paper-worsen-supply-chain-issues-2021-8 https://www.businessinsider.com/costco-shoppers-stockpiling-...)
- stefan_ 5y agoSo is GPUs for crypto mining demand, though. GPU makers don't hate it because they have a conscience, they hate it because it can collapse any moment when a bubble unrelated to their product bursts (or someone makes an ASIC, for some of them).