> Bern, 10.04.2019 - Der Bundesrat hat am 10. April 2019 die Vernehmlassung zur Änderung der Verordnung über die Pflichtlagerhaltung von Nahrungs- und Futtermitteln eröffnet. Vorgesehen ist die Aufhebung der Lagerpflicht beim Kaffee.
> "Coffee contains almost no calories and therefore does not contribute, from the physiological perspective, to safeguarding nutrition," the Federal Office for National Economic Supply said (in German).
That's true: nobody needs coffee to survive and it doesn't provide nutritional value. But does that really mean that you can't keep a little on hand, given how many people enjoy it? This is coming from someone who doesn't drink coffee, FWIW.
This is meant to be an emergency stockpile to ward off mass starvation, in various disaster scenarios. I know it's hard for us to imagine in modern times, but during desperate situations like war, people literally die of starvation. When faced with a situation like that, you'll be very glad that the government elected to store 15,300 tonnes of additional food instead of coffee.
I'd still say it's a difficult decision to make: whether you'd like a significant portion of your country to suffer from caffeine withdrawal and not be able to function properly, or have some additional people starve 3 months from the start of the disaster, with would only happen if there was no additional help and at that point you’re probably not going to get more food anytime soon…
If Sweden were cut off from the world and forced to defend itself, I would hope its defenders wouldn’t simultaneously be fighting caffeine withdrawal. There’s your strategic justification.
Of course, if Sweden were under serious attack, it would likely mean that Russia was moving against NATO, and the world would be on the brink of apocalyptic nuclear war. But you wouldn’t want two problems. :)
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> Kaffee-Pflichtlager in Frage gestellt
> Bern, 10.04.2019 - Der Bundesrat hat am 10. April 2019 die Vernehmlassung zur Änderung der Verordnung über die Pflichtlagerhaltung von Nahrungs- und Futtermitteln eröffnet. Vorgesehen ist die Aufhebung der Lagerpflicht beim Kaffee.
That's true: nobody needs coffee to survive and it doesn't provide nutritional value. But does that really mean that you can't keep a little on hand, given how many people enjoy it? This is coming from someone who doesn't drink coffee, FWIW.
Of course, if Sweden were under serious attack, it would likely mean that Russia was moving against NATO, and the world would be on the brink of apocalyptic nuclear war. But you wouldn’t want two problems. :)