Just In Time: When the Trucks Stop, America Will Stop with Catastrophic Consequences
Posted on Apr 04, 2012 in Alternative Energy & Architecture, Economic News, Emergency Preparedness & Survival, Urban Gardening, Farming & HomesteadingKevin Hayden – TruthisTreason.net
Source: SHTFPlan by Mac Slavo
Most Americans take for granted the intricate systems that make it possible for us to engage in seemingly mundane day to day tasks like filling up our gas tanks, loading up our shopping carts at the local grocery store, obtaining necessary medications, and even pouring ourselves a clean glass of water. When we wake up each morning we just expect that all of these things will work today the same way they worked yesterday. Very few have considered the complexity involved in the underlying infrastructure that keeps goods, services and commerce in America flowing. Fewer still have ever spent the time to contemplate the fragility of these systems or the consequences on food, water, health care, the financial system, and the economy if they are interrupted.
Hayden’s Note:
I’ve written extensively on this topic, and Mac’s report on Just in Time trucking hits the nail on the head. Check out some of my past reports on the devastation and consequences we can expect when trucks stop rolling: Empty Shelves: Hurricanes, Disasters, and Civil Unrest – a Contingency Plan, along with Bartering, Inflation, and Growing a Garden
A report prepared for legislators and business leaders by the American Trucking Associations highlights just how critical our just-in-time inventory and delivery systems are, and assesses the impact on the general population in the event of an emergency or incident of national significance that disrupts the truck transportation systems which are responsible for carrying some ten billion tons of commodities and supplies across the United States each year....
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