Coronavirus crisis may disrupt US production of beer, soda - New York Daily News
Brewers and soda-makers rely heavily on carbon dioxide, or CO2, the chemical responsible for the carbonization of their products. However, a recent drop in ethanol production in the U.S. could lead to a drastic shortage of the fizz-creating chemical, and result in a production nightmare for the beverage industry.
Actually I thought beer got its fizz from, you know, being beer. But it seems I might have missed something there. And how producing ethanol is linked to carbon dioxide I have no clue.
Maybe I should have taken that second semester of chemistry after all.
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