A stressor you can break free of:
Industry report: Identifies potential upcoming resource / mineral shortages.
The News: “THERE WILL BE A SHORTAGE IN 5 YEARS.”
Industry: Reacts to report’s identification of economic opportunity, increasing exploration and supply. No shortage ever appears.
Industry report: Identifies potential upcoming resource / mineral shortages.
The News: “THERE WILL BE A SHORTAGE IN 5 YEARS.”
Industry: Reacts to report’s identification of economic opportunity, increasing exploration and supply. No shortage ever appears.
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Until then... 😬
so when actual humans and families need a house they’re relying on new gentrification builds they can’t actually afford or fit a family into
my first house was a ~1500sqft 3 bedroom starter that I bought 25 years ago for roughly 3x my salary
they were stamping these things out by the millions all over the country in the 90s and 00s
they're not illegal, they're just not as profitable as the mcmansions
If that happened, ya know, there WOULD be a shortage.
Basically, if you're a motherfucker in a clip-on tie that works in the Necessary Procurement Department, yo ass has to stay stressed. Fine.
depending on the resource, eventually easily accessible deposits will run out, making future exploration more & more costly
if we keep wasting valuable resources on dumb shit e.g disposable vapes, at some point we will run into proper shortages
So yeah don't be stressed, be sceptical instead.
Obviously a different cause, but a similar effect...
Industry: reacts to economic opportunity by stealing locals' supply and selling it
These economic opportunities have consequences. This is how we got fracking, when exploitable reserves were becoming less financially viable.
Maybe this is a different stressor altogether, but scarcity isn't our only concern and innovation tends to be myopic.
— “The dates must be fixed or all hell will break loose”
— Old people come out of the woodwork to frantically fix all the COBOL
— Y2K hits, nothing big happens
— “What a waste of time” ppl say
It's a Hanukkah miracle when it comes to hospitals, gas/diesel and Gaza.
I learned since then