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There have been logistics issues getting coal to the plants. It feels like energy production followed the manufacturing motto of "just in time" instead of stock
by landemva 4y ago
There have been logistics issues getting coal to the plants. It feels like energy production followed the manufacturing motto of "just in time" instead of stockpiling the input coal. This lack of resilience was unnecessary.
- cinntaile 4y agoIt is an ad hoc solution to the current situation so I'm not surprised it's not exactly smooth sailing. It doesn't help that they recently shut down some of their reactors, they could have at least kept them open until the situation stabilized.
- hef19898 4y agoI am not aware cial, usually shipped in bulk and very easily stored, was ever delivered JIT. But whatever, JIT was already the reason why the chip supply from Asia to overseas car factories was disrupted, at least according to certain people without the slightest clue of how JIT works. Or supply chains in general...
- avh02 4y agonot sure exactly what disruptions they did on the storage area, but this happened recently: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-arrests-as-climate-protests-disrupt-coal-power-plant-berlin-traffic/a-63174854 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-arrests-as-climate-protests-di...