Shortages. We’ve learned to live with them during the pandemic. Toilet paper and paper towels in the beginning. Now microchips, some automotive parts and… wait for it… decorative river rocks.
Yes, river rocks are in short supply and the prices are as
high as the quarries they come from are deep. Wait a minute. Quarries?
Yes. Quarries.
River rocks mostly don’t come from rivers. They come
from dry land. All those rocks in your garden or around your
shrubs? Do you have romantic visions of dredges on the Mighty Mississippi
or the Colorado? Monster machines that haul those pretty stones out of
the drink? Guess again. Or better yet, switch your mental picture.
That’s not how it happens. River rocks are mined from
landlocked quarries. Now, you may ask, have we run out of landlocked
quarries? No. At least not yet. But all the building that’s going on has
promoted a pell-mell race to grind up the rocks so they can be used to build
roads and skyscrapers.
If we don’t do that for a while longer, there may soon be a
skyscraper shortage.
I’m Wes Richards. My opinions are my own but you’re welcome
to them. ®
Any Questions? wesrichards@gmail.com
© WR 2021
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