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The US doesn't want domestic chip production, it wants chip production that's not at risk of the Chinese. As a very reliable partner, Japan works fine for this
by asah 3y ago
The US doesn't want domestic chip production, it wants chip production that's not at risk of the Chinese. As a very reliable partner, Japan works fine for this purpose.
- ksec 3y agoExactly. Along with South Korea. Which is why I find it strange US insist it has to be on US soil. When I dont see how they could compete without at least a yearly $10B subsidies.
- maxglute 3y agoAnything within 30minutes of PRC theatre missile range doesn't add any geopolitical security to US semi supply chain. Further extending semi supply chain to SKR/JP if anything is potentially worse than TW because US provides them with security guarantee, in region where US is weakest relative to PRC, making them even more enticing targets along with US security infra in those countries. The maximally secure supply chain one is on CONUS, and not because it can't be hit, but due to escalation risk of targetting CONUS.
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- zbrozek 3y agoThe US doesn't want new domestic anything. We have made it nearly impossible to build housing, transmission lines, power plants, factories, etc. It seems like the only thing we still know how to do and also want to do is roads.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago>It seems like the only thing we still know how to do and also want to do is roads. And military equipment.
- selectodude 3y agoWe can’t even make enough shells for Ukraine.
- supertrope 3y agoBecause NATO war plans depend on air power instead of getting bogged down in artillery duels.
- thereisnospork 3y agoBoy is NATO going to have egg of their face then if they can't secure air superiority. Something something no plan survives contact with the enemy.
- noitpmeder 3y agoIt's my belief NATO could easily secure air superiority in any conflict where they commit forces entirely. Instead in Ukraine we have a proxy war where NATO countries are hesitant and reluctant to over commit.
- thereisnospork 3y agoIf the 'meta' stays the same, so to speak, I would agree. But that said it's hardly unfathomable that there is a step change in the effectiveness of AA weapons in the near future. Drones, missiles, and sensors are all getting better and better and so far there hasn't been a real hard need to push for anti air drones in active conflicts (vs. anti tank and anti human).
- riku_iki 3y agoNATO countries excluding US depleted air munitions within month in Libya: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nato-runs-short-on-some-munitions-in-libya/2011/04/15/AF3O7ElD_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nato-runs-short-on-some... Also, artillery shells is much cheaper way to deliver precise and fast strikes in urban environment compared to running aircrafts, so maybe such plans are not effective if this is really the plans.
- unglaublich 3y agoA direct consequence of how the West treats real estate as an investment. People bet 10 x their yearly income on a property, and then they will do anything in their power to make that value rise, or at least not fall: NIMBYism. They will block any effort that potentially lowers the value of their property. And I don't think you can blame them, as we can't expect them to voluntarily lose a lot of money.
- givemeethekeys 3y agoPeople bet a much bigger multiple in Asian countries. US real estate is cheap. Not to mention, the incredible 30 year fixed mortgage.
- yowzadave 3y agoI don't think this is true in Japan? https://cheaphousesjapan.com/house-prices-in-japan/ https://cheaphousesjapan.com/house-prices-in-japan/
- bugglebeetle 3y agoNot in Japan they don’t. Housing, outside of central Tokyo, is a depreciating asset (and even sometimes is there). Japan also has fixed rate mortgages that are currently offered at a lower interest rate than in the US.
- tonyarkles 3y agoI'm not sure if this is still the case but for quite a while house prices in Japan seemed to be basically just the land value. It was expected that the first thing you'd do after buying a 20-30 year old house was to demolish it and build your own. And since population growth in Japan has flatlined and gone negative it's not a big surprise to me that they don't have a ton of demand for new land/housing.
- bugglebeetle 3y agoThis is still mostly the case for single family homes. There is some uptick in resale of “used” homes built since the 2000s, as construction standards have improved dramatically since then, relative to prior years. For additional context, there is very lax enforcement of home building standards for anything single family, both to encourage new construction and because the general principle is it will be torn down in 20-30 years, so why bother. This is of course also leads to a bit of a vicious cycle (which some see as wasteful) where it’s safer to tear down and build new because who knows how whatever you’re buying was built.
- CoachRufus87 3y agoAnd weapons.
- mportela 3y ago> It seems like the only thing we still know how to do and also want to do is roads Except it's usually done in a more expensive and slower way than in other advanced economies
- giantg2 3y agoWe can't pump out lawyers and laws like we do and expect regulatory related delays/costs to actually decrease.
- Lazonedo 3y ago>It seems like the only thing we still know how to do and also want to do is roads. And maybe not. >But the Texas Department of Transportation says converting paved roads to gravel is the only safe plan it can afford. https://www.texastribune.org/2013/08/19/conversion-of-roads-to-gravel-met-with-concern/ https://www.texastribune.org/2013/08/19/conversion-of-roads-... > Omaha’s Answer to Costly Potholes? Go Back to Gravel Roads https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/omahas-answer-to-costly-potholes-go-back-to-gravel-roads.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/omahas-answer-to-costl... A pretty sad trend that keeps on growing. America has lost the ability to build and maintain. It's slowly deconstructing and dismantling itself.
- throwup238 3y agoThat's not a problem with building, tons of people in the US know how to lay down asphalt and make concrete because its a very local industry (the materials are too heavy to be economical long distance). It's a problem with white flight and the post-war suburban expansion that way overbuilt the supporting road system without considering how much it would cost to maintain in the future. Now as more and more of the deferred maintenance bills come due, they have to make the hard decisions they should have made a long time ago.
- pixl97 3y agoPeople have been warning for decades that a multi-trillion dollar bill will come due for aggressive suburban expansion into SFH neighborhoods and car based policies. And now that we see that bill showing up it seems that many want to blame the wrong thing so they can maintain their current lifestyle at a low tax rate.
- downrightmike 3y agoUSA has never been able to maintain, we rely on constant expansion to increase taxes and then the Federal Gov't comes out and pays for the road repairs because the states would need to charge at least twice as much tax as they currently do.
- gray_-_wolf 3y ago> As a very reliable partner, Japan works fine for this purpose. It is pretty close to China, so in case of a war, it is not exactly great location (from US point of view).
- sergers 3y agoAnd you know, natural disasters. Usa definitely not immune, but it's been seen how Japan getting hit with disaster affected the tech industry in past years. Production if anything spread out of Japan as a result.
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- tjpnz 3y agoJapans gain. There are already a bunch of local businesses setting up their own factories nearby to service it. This is going to be bigger for Kumamoto than Kumamon.
- mrpippy 3y agoJapan isn’t as threatened as Taiwan, but is still liable to earthquakes, tsunamis, and is uncomfortably close to both North Korea and Russia.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago>uncomfortably close to both North Korea and Russia North Korea has a main beef with South Korea and is full of starving people equipped with WW2 tech has no airforce and some nukes with questionable functionality, while Russia can't even move past Eastern Ukraine with all its power let alone venture into other areas. How are they a threat to other nations?
- IsTom 3y ago> nukes with questionable functionality They seem to have ballistic missiles and they don't need to be particularly accurate to hit somewhere in Tokyo.
- fweimer 3y agoNorth Korea is currently involved in a proxy war in Europe, so it can't be that short on resources.
- hef19898 3y agoAll tgey have decades worth of production of artillery shells for Soviet guns, AK-style rifkes and ammo for those. Stockpiles, basically. And even those will run out. And before that happens, North Korea will slow down deliveries to Russia, after all the massive ammount of conventional guns pointed at Seoul are one of North Koreas trumo cards.
- machomaster 3y agoThey are not really involved, as in active participation. They are sinply selling their outdated goods, which further proves for weak and poor they are.
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- verteu 3y ago> The US doesn't want domestic chip production Wasn't the entire point of the CHIPS Act to "authorize roughly $280 billion in new funding to boost domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States, for which it appropriates $52.7 billion" including "$39 billion in subsidies for chip manufacturing on U.S. soil"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIPS_and_Science_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIPS_and_Science_Act edit: I see -- The point of the article is that Congress's goal has been hindered "on the ground" by conflicts with construction unions, negotiations over profit-sharing with the US government, and environmental regulations that slow construction.
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago> Wasn't the entire point of the CHIPS Act to America has a huge number of interests. CHIPS is well announced but it's separate and apart from most of those interests. CHIPS is what we say we want.
- kevin_thibedeau 3y agoIt's a subsidy to prop up critical defense manufacturing. It will be of little benefit for consumer goods. It makes no sense to give Micron a new fab in the midst of layoffs with no prospect for future growth. It makes a lot more sense considering that Boise is an easier target for China than Syracuse.
- EasyMark 3y agoJapan is likely potential target for China after Taiwan is captured. I think there will be some false starts but we have to get back to making top of the line semiconductors in the States or we're going to really regret it in the future.