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There's a fourth option: close down all U.S. trade ports for a month once a year. No paperwork or other administrative headaches. "Just" a dry run once a year.
by swsieber 7y ago
There's a fourth option: close down all U.S. trade ports for a month once a year. No paperwork or other administrative headaches. "Just" a dry run once a year.
- op03 7y agoI think the power grid is tested like that once in a while after the 2003 blackout - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003#Long-term_effects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003#Lon... https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04287-5 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04287-5
- fma 7y agoChaos monkey, but for supply chain. I actually like it...it would make our systems more robust.
- aembleton 7y agoThat'll just mean stockpiling before the month it gets closed.
- spaceknarf 7y agoNot if it's unknown _which_ month. Then you'll have to keep a stockpile year round, which is precisely the objective of grandparent.