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What's your concept of regional here? For physical goods, we have ditched self-sufficiency a long time ago. Your government might sustain emergency reserves fo
by _Microft 6y ago
What's your concept of regional here?
For physical goods, we have ditched self-sufficiency a long time ago. Your government might sustain emergency reserves for grain, food or oil and gas but even that lasts only a few weeks. Here is what Germany has stockpiled for emergencies for example: [0][1][2].
Mutual dependency does not have to be a bad thing either. It keeps both sides from doing stupid things (assuming a balanced level of dependency in both directions).
[0] (german) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesreserve_Getreide https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesreserve_Getreide
[1] (german) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zivile_Notfallreserve https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zivile_Notfallreserve
[2] (german) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategische_%C3%96lreserve https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategische_%C3%96lreserve