Musings on the supply chain
Feb. 27th, 2007 01:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jhetleyMaine now sees the light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak, on a propane pinch. See, most of the state doesn't have access to piped natural gas, so people use propane for home heating, industrial processes, and restaurant cooking. Well, most of the gas comes via Canada, via rail, and Canada just had this little "job action" on the railroad...
Few people realize how little reserve "the system" offers in most basic supplies. Our whole economy, not just manufacturing, relies on "just in time" deliveries.
Off on a tangent, some bright entrepreneur just built a gazillion acres of greenhouse space in central Maine, devoted to growing vine-ripened tomatoes in the dead of winter for the fresh vegetable trade. We have tried them. They seem to be actual food -- tough, to survive handling, but with flavor, and sour rather than bitter. The target market, of course, is Boston, not Podunk Hollow. Still...
Few people realize how little reserve "the system" offers in most basic supplies. Our whole economy, not just manufacturing, relies on "just in time" deliveries.
Off on a tangent, some bright entrepreneur just built a gazillion acres of greenhouse space in central Maine, devoted to growing vine-ripened tomatoes in the dead of winter for the fresh vegetable trade. We have tried them. They seem to be actual food -- tough, to survive handling, but with flavor, and sour rather than bitter. The target market, of course, is Boston, not Podunk Hollow. Still...
