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Re:Demand for medical equipment is making air cargo fees ‘cr... by twomoretime on Monday March 30, 2020 @01:11PM (#22729889)
In this case they probably just signed a contract agreeing to pay $X/gallon for a period of time.

You can hedge any commodity like that if a seller exists to agree.

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Re:Demand for medical equipment is making air cargo fees ‘cr... by alasdair_ on Monday March 30, 2020 @04:38PM (#22732058)
Except onions! :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_Futures_Act

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Re:Demand for medical equipment is making air cargo fees ‘cr... by sueders101 on Monday March 30, 2020 @06:04PM (#22732696)
And box office receipts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_office_futures

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