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Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update by fileeditview on Monday March 29, 2021 @03:29AM (#26618586)
Maybe more like having a stockpile of essential parts may be beneficial if something like this or Corona happens.
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Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update by Dylan16807 on Monday March 29, 2021 @04:00AM (#26618730)
If you're relying on intercontinental cargo ships then you probably already know you need to have a buffer, whether you actually have one or not.
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Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update by asdfaoeu on Monday March 29, 2021 @07:39AM (#26620187)
Also, for some businesses it may just not make sense as the cost of stockpiling is more than the occasional loss of productivity.
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Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update by nebolo on Monday March 29, 2021 @06:27AM (#26619699)
Name one thing that you, as a consumer, have not been able to get a consequence of the Seuz being blocked?
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Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update by jacquesm on Monday March 29, 2021 @07:36AM (#26620159)
Just to give you one example, there is a months worth of raw material for FFP2 masks on there somewhere.
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Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update by simonh on Monday March 29, 2021 @07:13AM (#26620008)
Why are you restricting this to consumers? There are plenty of businesses getting hurt by this.
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Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update by hutzlibu on Monday March 29, 2021 @06:37AM (#26619742)
With the delay, it might still come to us.
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Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update by WarOnPrivacy on Monday March 29, 2021 @07:21AM (#26620053)
Gas at $2.79/gal
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