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What are we going to be short of in 5 years' time, that we should start stockpiling now?
by yen223 4y ago
What are we going to be short of in 5 years' time, that we should start stockpiling now?
- haerhqaer 4y agoPretty much everything? Lean does nothing but put cash in the pockets of those at the top at the expense of everyone else when there is a hiccup in the supply chain.
- joebob42 4y agoNo, it makes the stuff cheaper.
- tshaddox 4y agoSure, it may not be possible to stockpile every niche product, but this is literally food, perhaps the most obvious thing (up there with water and medical supplies) for governments to stockpile.
- fragmede 4y agoIt's food for a specific niche though. More broadly, the US government does have a strategic grain reserve, holding wheat, corn, sorghum, and rice. Or at least, there was one, until 2008 when food prices spiked and the grains were all sold off. The reserve, called the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust, continues to exist to this day, but only holds cash/securities and no longer holds grains/commodities.
- tshaddox 4y agoYou mean the niche of babies?
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