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So interesting to hear about this niche problem. I never would have imagined that this would be an issue. When I read the title, I thought.. "duh... just use a

So interesting to hear about this niche problem. I never would have imagined that this would be an issue. When I read the title, I thought.. "duh... just use a backup generator", but the back of the napkin math doesn't seem to work out. I wonder what the economic impact of such a simple issue is. If you think of food loss from all processors in a whole country, it is definitely huge. What other seemingly small issues actually could have huge impact? What problems in my country are hiding right under my nose?

extrapickles 7y ago
There is heavy reliance on GPS for precision timing to make cellular radios work (why spend $100k on an atomic clock, when a $500 GPS unit will do). A few other things are starting to take a dependency on GPS (power grid, TV). Good roads can be hard to come by in quite a few areas. Even if a area has a road big enough to support a truck, they can be impassable during the rainy season.
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