speculation on a mammoth scale in Thailand
The "disaster" in Thailand is man-made. Sure, the water is "natural" but it was the intentional management of the billions of cubic meters of water that created the current situation, including hard disc shortages. Why would Thailand's super rich do this to their country? US$30 billion in "recovery" programs. Plus it instantly yanked all attention away from the puppet PM's fugitive billionaire brother. And it wiped out millions of Thailand's independent farmers, putting primary control of the country's food production, processing and distribution in the hands of super corporation CP. It is not beyond belief that the Thai government also got a handsome payment to divert the water that has enabled the obscene profits being made from currently skyrocketing HD prices. Or maybe the water management payment came from "some maker in China". Look deeper, guys. We are being herded. And the average Thai is paying the highest price for the national and global profits of man-made shortages and speculation.