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We warned of a global supply chain disruption, and now it’s here: Workers who keep things moving are now sounding the alarm that a “systemic collapse” is too close for comfort

We warned of a global supply chain disruption, and now it’s here: Workers who keep things moving are now sounding the alarm that a “systemic collapse” is too close for comfort

(Natural News) For the past several months, we have been reporting on the steadily collapsing global supply chain, initially brought about by the shuttering of entire economies due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

What happened over the course of months after the pandemic was declared in the spring of 2020 was unprecedented, which is why no one but the most obscure experts could have foreseen the fallout: The global supply system began crumbling — and now it’s nearly collapsed.

Here’s why: The virus, which started in China, is now hitting China the hardest again. And since a majority of consumer and industrial goods now come from China, it stands to reason that as goes that country, so goes the supply chain.

The Chinese economy is monstrous, though not as large as it is in the United States, but unlike the U.S., China is much more reliant on power-hungry factories (remember, they make all the goods). As the country restarted following pandemic-related slowdowns and shutdowns, factory demand for power surged passed the grid’s ability to produce it — which, in turn, is causing factory shutdowns again (if this situation persists, it will also cause a lot of unrest in China — the last thing the Communist regime wants — but that’s a story for another day).

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“Northeast China’s Shenyang, capital of Liaoning Province has been through a sudden and unexpected power curb. Meanwhile, dozens of provinces across the country are also facing power curb due to govt’s pursuit to cut carbon emission even though the supply for coal remain adequate,” said a tweet from the account Source Beijing.

What is driving China’s lack of power generation? A lack of coal; most of China’s grid is lit with coal-fired power plants (which are the cheapest to build and operate) but a steep rise in coal prices has led to availability issues.

Why is coal lacking? Because of pandemic-related shutdowns.


See how this is working? One shortage feeds into another…which feeds into another, which then disrupts the global supply chain. Then you get total collapse at some point.

Part of the supply issue is due to government policy; President Xi Jinping wants to see blue skies in his country during next year’s Winter Olympics, and they won’t be if coal-fired power plants are running at full capacity.

Now for the really bad news (at least for Chinese residents): Power outages have spread from factories to homes, and there is no end in sight, the BBC reports:

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