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

by William Walker
9th May 2020
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Paywalled...

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(?) 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!

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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