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jasonwatkinspdx on June 28, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why wood has gotten so dang expensive

There absolutely were people straight up speculating. I mean videos of people gloating over a garage full of TP exist.

asdfasgasdgasdg on June 28, 2021 | [–]

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.

escape_goat on June 28, 2021 | [–]

Well that's definitely speculating. Hedging is when you also buy several bushels of bran.

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