Beer makers could soon struggle with a shortage of bubbles.
A new report from Reuters painted a potentially grim picture for those who rely on the bubbly nature of soda, seltzer, and beer to get through their socially distant routines. Beverage makers rely on carbon dioxide to get the fizz in their products, but that could be thwarted by, of all things, a lack of demand for gasoline.
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According to Reuters, gas demand is down 30 percent in the U.S. as people have been encouraged or forced to stay inside. That has reduced the incentive for some plants to produce ethanol because it’s tied to the gasoline industry. It turns out that ethanol producers like to capture and sell the CO2 that comes as a byproduct of ethanol production, but if they aren’t making ethanol, they aren’t making CO2, either. Read more…
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