Wonder what the environmentalists will say or do with this - from Quartz:
US carbon dioxide supply is a bottleneck for Covid-19 vaccine distribution
Over the last few months, industries in the US have had to contend with a troublesome carbon dioxide shortage. From May to July, beer brewers and soda makers across the country were at a loss to source the fizzy stuff.
But as summer turns to fall, a lack of CO2 could cause an even more problematic shortage: one of dry ice.
In early September, the New York Times reported that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expects that at least two Covid-19 vaccine candidates will require dry ice, the solid form of carbon dioxide, for transportation. In order to ship those vaccines, distributors will need to make sure industrial chemical plants can supply enough CO2 gas.
More at the article - couple of different reasons.
Why some people are so up against CO2 never fails to amuse me. They think that by choosing this gas as the "boogeyman", they can hamstring our industry and slow down our development. They fail to realize that #1) - CO2 is plant food and #2) - they are causing grievous harm to 3rd-world citizens and little or no harm to Western civilization. Unintended consequences.
Abject stupidity in full view.
Tip of the hat to Eaton Rapids Joe for the link. His is a daily read for me.
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