I thought I'd already replied to this, but came across it again just now, not sure how my previous effort was lost.

Anyway, if you've read any of my stuff, you might know the term "Kardashev Money".

I know it isn't an immediate fix, but it is the only fix, which has to be done sooner or later, and in a way appears to be happening via cryptocurrencies.

But for sure I agree with you, we seem to be heading for some severe supply chain shortages. I too have been stocking up on some things we are not likely to be seeing again for a while. Personally I don't need a car, and can't justify the cost of keeping one, so I donated mine away to someone who needed it more than me, almost a year ago.

My personal opinion of the Ukraine problem is that we (The West), could have allowed Putin to go into Ukraine to do what he wanted to do, which appears to me to be to try to protect Russian Unionist civilians he alledges were under attack by Neo-Nazi influenced Nationalist parties including the Ukraine government since 2014, outside the knowledge of even Zelensky. If we / he had known the full story there, we might not have been so quick to respond by flooding the problem with additional weapons. Of course there had to be massive loss of life after that, but no worries, if we cut off all Russian media, and flatten all of Putin's forces, and the remaining Unionists, then the evidence of that will all be wiped out, and all will be well (sarc).

Sorry I digressed a little there. The main thing is, I can see you are an intelligent analyst. You might sometime write about Kardashev Money also.