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> They run the canal at maximum capacity indefinitely We have to stop doing this with all of our critical systems, it causes hiccups to be so costly.
by distrill 6y ago
> They run the canal at maximum capacity indefinitely
We have to stop doing this with all of our critical systems, it causes hiccups to be so costly.
- kccqzy 6y agoLow utilization can be even more costly.
- faeyanpiraat 6y agoBut building everything to have a higher capacity also wastes a lot of resources! It is a balancing game.
- s1artibartfast 6y agoWhat is so critical about the Suez Canal. If it were down for a month/year. what do you think the impacts would be? Would most ship traffic simply go around Africa?
- KineticLensman 6y agoAccepting that globalization wasn't such a big thing then, the closure between 1967 and 1975 would be a good source of objective 'what actually happened' data.
- gbronner 6y agoWe'd have to build a lot more ships and containers and burn a lot more fuel. Consumer prices would be higher, and some products wouldn't be on shelves
- anticristi 6y agoLike having nurses and doctors idling around, just in case a pandemic appears out of nowhere?