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No, my point is that the trucks are still there. The ships are just adding an extra step that wasn't there before.
by weberer 3y ago
No, my point is that the trucks are still there. The ships are just adding an extra step that wasn't there before.
- bberenberg 3y agoAh gotcha I misunderstood. Are you then suggesting that everything everyone needs to consume and dependent supply chains be provided within close proximity of every individual consumer then?
- somenameforme 3y agoA further irony on this is that the main reason those goods are so cheap is because they tend to be produced in areas that not only have cheaper labor, but also far fewer environmental and other regulations. So we're intentionally outsourcing in pursuit of less environmentally friendly production (because it's cheaper), and then shipping it half way around the world on top. Globalism is most certainly not environmentally friendly in any way, shape, or fashion.
- chiefalchemist 3y agoThank you. I should have mentioned that as well. People think it's all about cost of labor in China and SE Asia. But it's also a lack of regulation that protects the ecology. The USA loves to brag about how bad it was in the 70s - remember the TV adverts with the Native American and a tear in his eye? - and how well we cleaned up our act. Lol. Ohhellno. When we offshored the manufacturing, the associated pollution when with it. We didn't clean up as much as we outsourced our pollution. Point being, when we see the photos of Beijing and the smog, that's not China's smog, we, and the rest of The West "owns" a good chunk of that smog. But the politicians and the corporate leaders aren't going to be transparent about it.