True, but what isn't on the table is producing locally even if it doesn't optimize to the penny instead of shipping crap halfway around the world to save half a

True, but what isn't on the table is producing locally even if it doesn't optimize to the penny instead of shipping crap halfway around the world to save half a cent. This has the advantage that you already have industries that have capacity that can scale up. You have people trained who can train others. You already have equipment and facilities to which you can add to to break a bottleneck. Basically, vertical integration at the country level. Of course, this is the CEO of a shipping startup so that solution isn't on his plate of possibilities.