Has the ongoing CO2 shortage affected you?

It’s here, George: 25th June.

Not really a strange time, co2 is a byproduct of the fertiliser manufacturing process. Farmers don’t need so much during the summer. And a fall in global ammonia prices means it has been cheaper for British fertiliser producers to buy in ammonia from abroad instead of producing it in the UK. Hence to save money they’re all doing maintenance at the same time.

I actually dislike fizz intensely, and often make my own drinks from Dandelion and Burdock, Cream soda and coke, which I then stand in the ‘fridge before drinking. They become wonderfully flat.

We are spoiled for choice now, George. I expect that some of your friends will graduate to something with a little more character at some stage.

I have noticed that ‘throwing lager’ has made a comeback in response to recent events on the football pitch. Normality will likely resume quickly now, thus taking the pressure off the CO2 industry.

In the absence of a fire extinguisher, shake a can of lager and point it at the base of the fire before opening. Unlike a real carbon dioxide extinguisher it should not be used on electrical fires.

Drop a polo mint into a large bottle of Coke, shake it with your thumb over the top, and squirt. A better use for Coke.

Mentos and Coke is the traditional way of covering everything in a sticky mess.

We exhale carbon dioxide and so do most cars and central heating boilers, but its quite expensive to recover it from the air. 🙁

When I tried to access that website I was warned not to open it for security reasons. 🙁

If you go for real cider then that will be naturally carbonated, whereas most of the cider sold in bottles and pubs is pasteurised and requires added carbon dioxide, just like keg beer.

It was given a clearance by my antivirus software, otherwise I wouldn’t have posted the link.

Wavechange /malcolm its security certificate expired 5 days ago leaving it open to whats called “middleman ” attacks or put simply interception so in this instance Wavechange did the right thing . I could have overruled it but my browsers built in virus control courtesy of Yandex blocked it in the first place . I am not saying its being intercepted only that its OPEN to interception due to a hacker. This isn’t the first time this has happened as people wont pay for new ones but its foolish not to do so as it gives a “bad reputation ” in Google Ratings and other places. Malcolm not all internet anti-virus systems pick this up .

For those with the technical ability to understand the technical jargon this website is meant for webmasters etc to verify SSL certificate installation , it also gives other tools . As Yandex provides comprehensive protection via PROTECT ( trade mark ) for banking etc etc etc/ DNS protected server / much more I dont need to use it but its handy for those wanting a quick check. I don’t know why I am doing this to help as to being accused of posting rubbish by some but it still wont stop me TRYING to help those that WANT to be helped. If you are going to criticize me over THIS website you better be VERY good at setting up and maintaining a website because I will want to know the criticisms in DETAIL . https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html

Thanks Duncan. I’ve seen similar messages a few times and we had an example here a few months ago.

Probably, Sylvia, or perhaps only available to a maximum purchase of two bottles at a time and not in multi-packs. The distribution of limited CO2 supplies has given priority to essential functions and many lower-priority uses and processes have been suspended. Maybe ASDA’s sparkling water producer has had to ration supplies or, in a restricted market, prefers to concentrate on production with a higher profit margin than a cut-price supermarket contract. I have seen bottled sparkling water on sale in other supermarkets but it is hardly one of life’s essentials.