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Most every breakthrough gets invented in the US, but there is no realization by the government that supporting the manufacturing of these requires effort, and t
by mensetmanusman 2y ago
Most every breakthrough gets invented in the US, but there is no realization by the government that supporting the manufacturing of these requires effort, and the free market will take advantage of environmental/osha arbitrage and build new things where there are fewer worker/environment protections.
New manufacturing investments are 1:100th that of APEC countries.
- hn_throwaway_99 2y agoBut the article is specifically not talking about that, e.g. it talks about the US being at the forefront of solar power tech, even if China leads in solar power manufacturing, and contrast that with how the US is nowhere near the forefront of battery tech R&D, never mind manufacturing. (Don't know enough to say whether I agree with his assessment, just that he pretty carefully explains in detail that he is not talking about "breakthroughs that get invented in the US but then aren't supported through to manufacturing").
- mensetmanusman 2y agoMany of the fundamental battery materials breakthroughs have physically happened in the US (by many amazing immigrants) decades ago.