For a couple of months at the start of the year, there were signs in the supermarket lard section saying, "There is a European shortage of lard. You might like to use Trex instead." Repeated exposure to this sign made me forget how implausible this was, but now that the crisis has passed, come on ... really?

Where was the warning? Where were the discussions about how close we were to peak lard, and what inferior mines of lard might we have to plunder once we reached it?