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> domestic production is less valuable than a multi year stockpile nobody is going to stockpile food or consumer goods when you're demonized for charging more
by sigstoat 7y ago
> domestic production is less valuable than a multi year stockpile
nobody is going to stockpile food or consumer goods when you're demonized for charging more for them when the demand goes up. there's no way to do anything but lose money on it.
- Retric 7y agoGovernments used to maintain grain stockpiles in case of famine. A modern equivalent could be run for vastly less than current farm subsidies. Especially if stocks where rotated and mostly refilled in years of massive surplus. PS: At the extreme end Honey can be stored for thousands of years at room temperature.
- celticninja 7y agothat's why stockpiles should be kept by government. they don't need to make money on it. should be easy enough, have 6 months worth in a warehouse, ship the oldest out the front of the warehouse to the supply chain while topping up with new product at the back. rotating it like this acts like a buffer,rather than something that is only accessed in dire emergencies and would be out of date or less effective due to age. the relatively small costs of a warehouse would be negligible