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Re:Why wood has gotten so dang expensive by jasonwatkinspdx on Sunday June 27, 2021 @08:29PM (#27656806)
There absolutely were people straight up speculating. I mean videos of people gloating over a garage full of TP exist.
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Re:Why wood has gotten so dang expensive by asdfasgasdgasdg on Sunday June 27, 2021 @08:32PM (#27656834)
Sorry, to be clear, I never claimed that speculation was nonexistent. I'm just saying that I haven't seen evidence that it was the main driver of the cost changes, outside of bare assertions.
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Re:Why wood has gotten so dang expensive by escape_goat on Sunday June 27, 2021 @08:49PM (#27656934)
Well that's definitely speculating. Hedging is when you also buy several bushels of bran.
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