"Weissbarth used to pay around £700 ($800) for a tonne of ethanol - enough for 32,000 bottles of hand gel.
Last week a new supplier offered him a tonne for £10,000 - more than 10 times the ordinary price. "
this is the equivalent of the spivs in WWII (think Pte Walker) who sold in-demand goods at huge prices on the black market - lovely to see the spirit of not making a profit out of a crisis is alive and well...