> “Last time he geared up and went three shifts a day working his tail off,” the mayor recalled. “As soon as the issue died, he didn’t have any sales. He had to pay unemployment for all these people, and he had to gear down.”
It's not a "physical limit" problem, it's that the costs incurred by rapid ramp-up for a temporary spike in production outweigh the payout -- you're asking businesses to bankrupt themselves to spike production which will fall off in four months... and they're stuck with equipment that hasn't paid itself off, and employees which cost unemployment and benefits.
There needs to be an increase in prices NOW (or some other explicit subsidy) to possibly justify the cost.
> “Last time he geared up and went three shifts a day working his tail off,” the mayor recalled. “As soon as the issue died, he didn’t have any sales. He had to pay unemployment for all these people, and he had to gear down.”
It's not a "physical limit" problem, it's that the costs incurred by rapid ramp-up for a temporary spike in production outweigh the payout -- you're asking businesses to bankrupt themselves to spike production which will fall off in four months... and they're stuck with equipment that hasn't paid itself off, and employees which cost unemployment and benefits.
There needs to be an increase in prices NOW (or some other explicit subsidy) to possibly justify the cost.