You know, that might the best suggestion I’ve heard actually. Thanks for your perspective.
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HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 3 days agoFair outcome.
Allow them to go bankrupt with absolutely no help from gov.
Use Millarory stand pipes like in 76 to distribute water to everyone while they vanish as a company.
Then build a new nationalised water system rapidly repairing all assets. Using military to manage and offering well paid work to any unemployed (many of who will be ex water employees) willing and able to take on the job.
Then have government site and stare manically at electrical and gas companies. Asking. " So how do you guys plan to get prices below the world average?"
FishFace@piefed.social 2 days ago
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 days ago
The standpipes which are connected to the mains which is operated by the company which now doesn’t exist?
And somehow there is a section of people who think the army can just step in and take over a whole system for an extended period and somehow be competent at it. While also magically fulfilling all their standing obligations. If such were remotely possible, it’s time for swingeing cuts to an obviously bloated military.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Hence why the military. That sort of thing is very within the CRE capability set.
The military has 150k full-time personal. But numbers is not the reason to use military. Skills set is. The UK military is built from professionals with skills to help resolve and organise groups exactly in emergencies like this.
As for standing obligations. Most of that is training and preparing for war or emergencies just like this.
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 days ago
A lot of the day to day maintenance is less specialized than you think. Think about the parts of your own job that could easily be replicated by a chimp in pyjamas