According to Huy Fong Foods, the makers of the famous 'rooster' sauce, there is now a shortage of chili peppers. If you love sriracha you'd better stock up yesterday.
Personally, I prefer good old Louisiana Tabasco. Aged for up to three years in American white oak barrels, it is far superior to fake Asian pepper sauce from Kalifornia, which is aged for three days.
So, there is a fake shortage of chili peppers needed to make fake Asian pepper sauce .... but there is no shortage of traditional Tabasco. Maybe it's time to embrace tradition.
Energy
It's old news, but energy prices continue to climb. Of course, unaffordable fuel is a 'Good Thing' because it will accelerate our 'progress' to even less affordable 'clean energy'.