The chip shortage keeps getting worse – why can't we just make more?

Re:The chip shortage keeps getting worse – why can't we just... by keoqpkk on Saturday September 04, 2021 @04:17PM (#28418696)

We don't really put a price on environmental and societal damage that "just-in-time" does (thinking of truck drivers living on the highway effectively acting as the warehouse, saving the company to build an actual warehouse).

If we did, more robust models might be financially attractive too.

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Re:The chip shortage keeps getting worse – why can't we just... by bluGill on Saturday September 04, 2021 @10:22PM (#28421177)

What is the environmental damage from making something not needed? There is a lot of energy in window glass, refined iron,and all the other parts of a car.

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Re:The chip shortage keeps getting worse – why can't we just... by labawi on Sunday September 05, 2021 @04:26AM (#28422488)

You could order adequately, then build and sell those cars or whatever you're making, instead of throwing the parts away. But then, you couldn't change models as swiftly, and need to sell a lot of last year's models.

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Re:The chip shortage keeps getting worse – why can't we just... by yunohn on Saturday September 04, 2021 @05:29PM (#28419414)

I’m quite certain that replacing truck drivers with AI drivers would save the environment more than building even more warehouses.

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