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We can't make lightbulbs in the U.S. Just stop and take a moment to think about that fact. Apparently there is no way to make a cost effective lightbulb in the
by siculars 16y ago
We can't make lightbulbs in the U.S. Just stop and take a moment to think about that fact. Apparently there is no way to make a cost effective lightbulb in the United States of America. We need hundreds of millions of bulbs to keep the lights on. The new green bulbs cost something like 5$ each.
And we are supposed to be a super power? Don't get me wrong, I love this place and still think we are the best country in the world and best all around place to live but I really don't know how much longer I can say that. I've gone on about our long slow deterioration into the abyss and here is yet more proof. It's a crying shame.
Before some db posts a "Why does this belong on HN" comment, let me say that manufacturing, operations and logistics are all ripe for hacking innovation. Reading on in the article you will see the phrase: "With new automation techniques". The fact that there is dwindling manufacturing in America means there are no new automation techniques being learnt. That knowledge is reserved for foreigners who we pay for the pleasure.
- locopati 16y agoHow is it a slam on the U.S. when corporations are playing on a global field (i.e. it's cheaper to produce in another country) and the workers cannot (i.e. no equivalent freedom of movement or, in many places, freedom of unionizing). While some of this is about automation, more of it is about cheap labor and a lack of regulations provided by other countries.