Replies to post #388281 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[blackhawks]

No, that's not THE problem. You need an environmental/ideological boogeyman reason for the shipping problems, not stopping to think that nothing has changed RE clean air requirements for trucks.

They existed before the pandemic; it's a driver shortage

So Occam's Razor and a non-political answer to the rescue. Our work is never finished on this board because of posters just like you.

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/13/1045802339/president-of-truck-driving-school-says-driver-shortage-is-causing-supply-chain-i

[B402]

OOIDA: The ‘Mythical’ Driver Shortage

https://talkinglogistics.com/2021/09/02/ooida-the-mythical-driver-shortage/

400,000 new truck drivers a year, 90% turn over

If you don't do it for this price, some else will

Thank goodness driverless trucks will someday cure the problem of paying someone to do a tough job...

No attempts are made to secure workers, there will always be someone else to exploit till they move on and then the next.....

Corporate cost cutting is coming to an end...People are demanding more....Will we listen ?

Bottom line ;) You can only cut so much for so long till problems begin...Throw in a pandemic, a prolonged one, and presto

https://shiphero.com/blog/ongoing-impact-of-covid-on-supply-chains/