Storage Space

The rest of this list makes it abundantly evident that we are rapidly running out of many items. Yet even if we weren't, the issue of storing them would still exist. Storage space has become one of the most valuable and in-demand commodities in the last few years. Simply put, we no longer have the room to store the majority of the products we create, including oil, finished goods, and food grains.

The pandemic and ensuing global economic slowdowns are to blame for a sizable portion of it. Producers suddenly found themselves with a great supply of goods they didn't know what to do with as customer demand for commodities decreased. While the demand for oil had dramatically decreased in the early days of the pandemic, oil suppliers at one point, for instance, were paying storage facilities all across the world to keep their surplus oil.