Why there's an ethanol glut and sanitizer shortage (WSJ)

post by William Walker (william-walker) · 2020-05-09T15:08:42.408Z · LW · GW · 2 comments

This is a link post for https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-you-cant-find-rubbing-alcohol-11588629519

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Rent-seeking is so out of control that the US literally doesn't allow ethanol producers to make sanitizer during a fuel glut/sanitizer shortage:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-you-cant-find-rubbing-alcohol-11588629519

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comment by Shmi (shminux) · 2020-05-09T17:11:31.016Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Paywalled...

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↑ comment by William Walker (william-walker) · 2020-05-11T20:55:34.634Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

(?) This is LessWrong... I thought everyone was either rich enough to sub to the big papers, or clever enough to get around the paywalls? If I had known that this club was going to accept me as a member, I shouldn't have joined!