to make its phones. this is the same underlying reason why cars have become more expensive, a chip shortage. so look like someone is not getting their birthday gift on time. now it s time to send little bobby off to school. the very last minute, betty gets an email from the school explaining the only hot lunch option this week is nachos. fine for me but not for bobby. the school didn t receive its normal food shipment this week. the food is sitting in a warehouse somewhere unable to be delivered due to a shortage of truck drivers. bobby doesn t like nachos so betty scrambles to pack him a lunch that he ll actually eat. well, betty finally leaves for work and she stops for gas. $4 a gallon, by the way. she pays $20 in total for 5 gallons of gas because of the increase in energy costs worldwide. this isn t a shipping problem. it s that opec, the organization of petroleum exporting countries has not increased production to coincide with much of the world