It’s also difficult to quantify the true savings of repair (true cost of garbage, shipping protection, etc), incentives punish local work, and the cost of losin

It’s also difficult to quantify the true savings of repair (true cost of garbage, shipping protection, etc), incentives punish local work, and the cost of losing local knowledge and know-how. I wouldn’t call what you mentioned as reasonable, but nobody with the financial muscle or brain power wants to do that deep dive analysis.