Not looking good. A lot of they guys at my plants are REALLY worried about spare parts.

Even shit like hydraulic fluid... one of my clients couldn't get their normal kind of fluid, so they had to shut their plant down to flush out the old stuff and put the new stuff in.

They bought a 5 year supply of the new stuff, at 10 times the cost. What happens when everyone else buys a 5 year supply?

The toilet paper crisis of 2020 is happening right now with industrial supplies and parts.

A lot of plants have also been sold to investment groups and are now being run by operating companies, who quickly fire all but a skeleton crew.

Many of my clients that are peaking units are down to a single operator onsite, alone. He's usually running a couple other plants remotely.

These peaking units are the ones that only run during heat waves to make up for the extra demand... if they don't start, the grid goes down.

Definitely the worst shape things have been in during my career.