Hence the use of the word "can". The fact that "deal with it locally" was obvious to the author, but not to the people who inspired the author to deal with it

Hence the use of the word "can". The fact that "deal with it locally" was obvious to the author, but not to the people who inspired the author to deal with it that way (he mentions an EMR job), means there are those it may be worth pointing it out to. Certainly, being reminded that you probably should solve your problem without distribution, unless you actually demonstrate that you CAN'T solve your problem without distribution, is nothing but a positive.