No matter what else might come, freight must get from the dock to the end user. If truckers went on strike or if the diesel fuel wasn’t produced in large enough quantities, cargo couldn’t be delivered.
Without new items being brought in to replace and replenish dwindling stock it would only be a matter of weeks before the shelves would be empty. Without food, fuel, and other necessities America would not be able to operate.
Source: www.10inthewind.com
Everything is transported by trucks
Ok, I can hear someone saying that isn’t true. What about the ships that brings items from places like China? What about the rail lines that crisscross throughout the nation, loaded with freight?
Air cargo companies? Or even the bicycle courier who zips around a busy city streets? Surely not everything is transported by truck?
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Actually, yes it is. How does it get from the shipyard to its final destination? How does it get to the railhead or from there to the warehouse?
Airplanes can’t land behind the local supermarket. Even the bicycle courier, where did he get his package from?