Global Supply Chain Crisis 2021: Megathread - A cozy thread for watching the supply chain fall apart just in time for the holidays

[Phalanges Mycologist]

Is it too big of rainbows to think we'll see some more manufacturing return to America?

Some will return for sure, even if it's on a smaller scale.

It's already happening in other places, I can see more of a shift towards local production for a lot of items in some way after the whole mess of Covid and Supply chain fuck ups, I know of one manufacturer who's planning on expanding and reintroducting product line they binned of 30+ years ago because it was cheaper to make them in China and they couldn't compete with them on price but in the last 5 years precovid even the best China has been putting out has been shit and the prices are not so cheap any more so they are bringing it back to the UK and not bothering to compete on price but quality.

 

[mindlessobserver]

... the kingdom was lost.

Though, me, personally, I think the proverbial 'lost nail' in this case will be fuel. The largest oil storage hub in the US is nearing empty. Biden's attempt to beg OPEC for salvation has, predictably, fallen through. One town in California is already at $7.59 a gallon for gas.

On an unrelated note the ports in California are now dumping their shipping containers in residential neighborhoods, which have responded by blockading their streets to prevent the trucks from dropping off anything else, or removing anything.

If only we had massive amounts of oil here in North America we could exploit. AOC and those shit heels in San Francisco say we don't though something something save the whales.

 

[Sped Xing]

If only we had massive amounts of oil here in North America we could exploit. AOC and those shit heels in San Francisco say we don't though something something save the whales.

Oil companies are pigfuckers and roughnecks are the scum of the Earth.

 

[Jimjamflimflam]

As much as I hate modern advertisement, I love old advertisement. On Christmas and thanksgiving, I usually leave a youtube video of old seasonal commercials running in the background. Not only did everyone seem more happier, but also more diverse without the "in your face" nature that it is now.

 

[Art Kassul]

... the kingdom was lost.

Though, me, personally, I think the proverbial 'lost nail' in this case will be fuel. The largest oil storage hub in the US is nearing empty. Biden's attempt to beg OPEC for salvation has, predictably, fallen through. One town in California is already at $7.59 a gallon for gas.

On an unrelated note the ports in California are now dumping their shipping containers in residential neighborhoods, which have responded by blockading their streets to prevent the trucks from dropping off anything else, or removing anything.

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Is it too big of rainbows to think we'll see some more manufacturing return to America?

It is certain. Why outsource to other nations for slave labor when you can build your own third world slave labor constituency at home?

 

[Male Idiot]

Put 10 bucks of gas in my car and it barely even made the needle move. 3 fucking gallons for 10 bucks, ridiculous. I remember when I bought my shitbox I could get it filled for like 25 bucks, gas was like $1.80, still not as bad as California back in like 2008 when it was almost 5 bucks/gal everywhere but Costco.

Huh?
That is ridiculously cheap.
10 dollars won't get you more than 3 liters in the Europoor zone.

 

[Ahriman]

 

[mindlessobserver]

What blows my brain is why people are shocked about this. People have been warning for 30 years it was batshit insane to centralize so much manufacturing in one place and then rely on a massive logistics chain. It led to insanity like Canadian seafood being harvest in Canada, shipped to China for packing and processing and then shipped back to Canada. It ultimately shaved a few percentage points off the cost, while decimating local fishing economies and simultaneously making the industry reliant on a long supply chain with a few key failure points.

That last part is the real kicker. People are asking why the boats are waiting 4 weeks sitting outside LA instead of just heading through the Panama Canal and then to a port on the Gulf Coast. The answer is twofold. One, the Panama Canal was built more then a century ago. It cannot accommodate the types of shipping haulers that were designed to make this insane "make everything in China" model economical. These boats are huge. If they wanted to go to the Gulf, they need to go all the way around.

That would cost the shipping companies way more then just waiting a month outside LA. For that matter even if they could go through the Canal it would still cost them more then they would want to pay. These freight haulers pay a bunch of Bangladeshi slaves in Rice and burn just enough fuel to get to where they need to be. Rice costs nothing. Fuel costs everything. Especially right now.

I don't understand the shocked Pikachu face on our economic elites and political leaders. They've been told for decades this was going to happen.

 

[Phalanges Mycologist]

I don't understand the shocked Pikachu face on our economic elites and political leaders. They've been told for decades this was going to happen.

Because the vast majority of them don't exist in the real world never have done and never will feel the real consequences of there actions (or inaction), most of them can't change a lightbulb or swap a printer toner out on their own let alone ever do any physical labour (reminds me of a joke about how rich girls wont ever tidy their rooms even under pain of death but will happily pay to shovel pony shit as long as it has a social cache to it) so expecting them to understand anything beyond made up numbers and regular "Bonus" payments is a bit of a tall order on their part.

 

[Meat Target]

Huh?
That is ridiculously cheap.
10 dollars won't get you more than 3 liters in the Europoor zone.

That's because we Burgerstanis are less prone to gayness.

 

[mindlessobserver]

Because the vast majority of them don't exist in the real world never have done and never will feel the real consequences of there actions (or inaction), most of them can't change a lightbulb or swap a printer toner out on their own let alone ever do any physical labour (reminds me of a joke about how rich girls wont ever tidy their rooms even under pain of death but will happily pay to shovel pony shit as long as it has a social cache to it) so expecting them to understand anything beyond made up numbers and regular "Bonus" payments is a bit of a tall order on their part.

Well there is a way they can fix the log jam in a way they understand. Spend lots of money. Pay those ships to sail around the Cape to the ports in the Southeast. Unfortunately they won't for two reasons. 1. The money for such an operation is not allocated and congress is busy trying to build back better at the moment, and 2. They know Texas and Florida will rub their noses in it. And we can't have that.

 

[Kramer on the phone]

Israelies always payed out the ass for petrol. It's 100% draconian government tariffs to try to dissuade the population from getting a car (while not giving any worthwhile alternatives since taxies are costly as shit, the trains constantly late or break down, buses are also late and are in general disgusting, and the subway program is like 10 years overdue. Oh and did I mention all of the above aren't operational on Saturdays? Since why exactly will people want to go outside on a day off?).
At least there seems to be no shortage of food due to the agriculture sector being relatively self reliant, but like petrol the prices always been crazy high.

to be fair the country is fairly small, obviously i don't expect everyone to use horses, but electric scooters or bikes could get you a decent way, you could drive around the place in like 3 hours, if you went as fast as people do on US highways.

Also anyone else find it slightly hilarious that capitalist america will end up being destroyed because communist china is giving its citizens too many holidays? the entire country got the week off in early october starting the panic for our media, and their feburary week long vacation is making everyone shit their pants now.

This is basically going to be the worst holiday season on record.

... the kingdom was lost.

Though, me, personally, I think the proverbial 'lost nail' in this case will be fuel. The largest oil storage hub in the US is nearing empty. Biden's attempt to beg OPEC for salvation has, predictably, fallen through. One town in California is already at $7.59 a gallon for gas.

On an unrelated note the ports in California are now dumping their shipping containers in residential neighborhoods, which have responded by blockading their streets to prevent the trucks from dropping off anything else, or removing anything.

thats just begging for trouble, the mojave desert is literally right fucking there, its 30 miles tops. And before you start whining about LA traffic, its literally not like that once the sun goes down, hire people to do this overnight;trucking them back and forth.

Oh, fuck off. Where do you live? I don't care.

I was at the grocery store the other day, like I am a few times a week (PL), and they have plenty of water. More than that, actually. The boxes of water were so stocked, they had to put them on the ground.

Also, Progresso(?) soup was on sale for $1.79, which I think is usually almost $4. And the shelf was stocked. I might happen to be in a better location than others that makes food supply easier? You're dooming so hard, I can't tell if you're trolling. Gas has gone up at Costco by .06, that worries me.

the seattle cunt says things are ok in the one place on the planet with 2 trillion dollar companies, wow. i bet you disagree with every nursing take here too bitch.

What blows my brain is why people are shocked about this. People have been warning for 30 years it was batshit insane to centralize so much manufacturing in one place and then rely on a massive logistics chain. It led to insanity like Canadian seafood being harvest in Canada, shipped to China for packing and processing and then shipped back to Canada. It ultimately shaved a few percentage points off the cost, while decimating local fishing economies and simultaneously making the industry reliant on a long supply chain with a few key failure points.

That last part is the real kicker. People are asking why the boats are waiting 4 weeks sitting outside LA instead of just heading through the Panama Canal and then to a port on the Gulf Coast. The answer is twofold. One, the Panama Canal was built more then a century ago. It cannot accommodate the types of shipping haulers that were designed to make this insane "make everything in China" model economical. These boats are huge. If they wanted to go to the Gulf, they need to go all the way around.

That would cost the shipping companies way more then just waiting a month outside LA. For that matter even if they could go through the Canal it would still cost them more then they would want to pay. These freight haulers pay a bunch of Bangladeshi slaves in Rice and burn just enough fuel to get to where they need to be. Rice costs nothing. Fuel costs everything. Especially right now.

I don't understand the shocked Pikachu face on our economic elites and political leaders. They've been told for decades this was going to happen.

of course world leaders aren't listening to doomposters like you; YOU'RE THE DUMB FAGGOT THAT SAID THE ECONOMY WOULD COLLAPSE THIS MONTH!!!!!

If we all listened to you tinfoil wearing idiots we would still be stuck hand cranking our cars and using washboards for our clothes you dipshit

 

[Ahriman]

A bit of humor to lighten the mood

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

Also, Progresso(?) soup was on sale for $1.79, which I think is usually almost $4.

If your Progresso soup is normally 4 Dollars a can you live in an absolutely fucked place.

 

[mr.moon1488]

Is it too big of rainbows to think we'll see some more manufacturing return to America?

Depends on how far this goes. If it ends up just being a minor happening then you won't see much return to the US, and whatever does return to the US will be bought up by big Jew companies and then shut down. If there ends up being a full-on economic collapse then most likely yes, but that will mainly be because whatever government replaces the US government will have to take more of a nationalist stance on economics in order to unfuck things. The US has really only managed to kick the can down the road this far because the dollar is the world reserve currency.

 

[Bad Gateway]

ITT: Do-nothings worry about how they're gonna keep not paying for the groceries they dont buy lol

 

[Meat Target]

of course world leaders aren't listening to doomposters like you; YOU'RE THE DUMB FAGGOT THAT SAID THE ECONOMY WOULD COLLAPSE THIS MONTH!!!!!

ITT: Do-nothings worry about how they're gonna keep not paying for the groceries they dont buy lol

Doomposters are IMO trying to protect themselves from normalcy bias. And I understand that; I'd rather be a pessimist and be wrong than be an optimist and be wrong.

 

[Sped Xing]

ITT: Do-nothings worry about how they're gonna keep not paying for the groceries they dont buy lol

You think I don't buy groceries?

The fat conductor laughed. "You are wrong."

 

[Kramer on the phone]

A bit of humor to lighten the mood

this is going to sound so fucked up but it really is amazing how well put together most of these actresses end up being when you know they've been producers fucktoys since they first got starring roles in sitcoms. (MJH isn't even that hot, she just rocks the 90s style so well)

 

[Les Morfalous]

10 dollars won't get you more than 3 liters in the Europoor zone.

10 dollars is about 7.5 liters here at the current exchange rate in /Balk/-land - which is still pretty fucking expensive desu.