[EQAB-list] Local fuel security

[Robert G Kennedy III, PE]

My, Mr Simmons' appearance has changed a lot in just 4 years.

People seem to forget that a just-in-time economy is a double-edged  
sword. JIT is great for wringing the last dollar of productivity out  
of the system, by pushing inventory and its associated carrying cost  
to almost zero. This makes a fantastic variety of fresh goods  
available to you at low prices. But JIT's flip side, which we just  
experienced three weeks ago, is that the system transmits pain  
instantaneously, too. Too many people think "it can't happen here"  
when, just three weeks ago, it *did* happen here.

-- 
Robert G Kennedy III, PE
www.ultimax.com


Quoting Fred L Stephens <freds7 at dancingcreek.com>:

> A recent (around Oct 1st) interview of and speech by Matthew Simmons  
> an energy analyst/banker, conservative, write about peak and gas oil  
> problems.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hrpv21Ubf8
>
> I think this is pertinent to our local security. What can we do? We  
> need to encourage more local storage of fuel for our city services.