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"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:

Sigh. SO few working brain cells. I stated that the inventory will
be maintained by companies that supply utilites. All it would do is
make sure that a minimum inventory of critical items be maintained.
They would continue to sell to the utilites, but not be allowed to run
out of emergency repair stock. Since it has to be used on a FIFO basis,
how will they know it's safe to stick crap in the supply lines?

The big problem is who pays for the warehouse, the stock, the people who
run the place, the utilities, the computers needed to keep track of
stock, etc. How many would you need to keep everyone within a certain
radius of a warehouse, etc. etc. You don't just plop a bunch stuff on
the ground after it mysteriously appears.
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