My Wife is a research scientist at a pharmaceutical firm, which is doing quite well.  However, her lab has a huge shortage of acetonitrile, a solvent used in large quantities in both pharmaceutical research and manufacturing.  It is produced as part of the process of making plasics used for automobile parts.  Since demand for the plastics are down, the price of high-purity acetonitrile is now over $200/gallon, if it can be gotten at all.

On a somewhat related note, there are 3366 houses for sale in Detroit for under $20,000, some as low as $1.

www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Detroit_MI/price-na-20000/type-single-family-home

Cheers,

Rod

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