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National self-sufficiency is about being able to do things like this, particularly in times of emergent crisis or war. And we can say we are able to do it only
by CamperBob2 1y ago
National self-sufficiency is about being able to do things like this, particularly in times of emergent crisis or war. And we can say we are able to do it only if we actually do it.
And no, the answer cannot be public transit. Public transit won't be a valid response to the next Pearl Harbor.
- kawaiikouhai 1y agoPearl Harbor? Really? bro was talking about public transit & Chinese cars, my guy.
- christophilus 1y agoYou cannot win a war without a manufacturing base. That’s the thing that public transit won’t fix. It won’t give us a manufacturing base. Auto builders will. There are probably plenty of ways to ensure a manufacturing base, but having a robust auto industry is one way that is pretty well understood. I don’t like the amount of inefficiency caused by protectionism, though.
- kawaiikouhai 1y agoIt's ridiculous to bring up a war scenario when it's about EVs. Go reshore the military. Yes, the Americans and Western Europe lost in EVs. Though, I only ever see Americans turn this event into losing a war.
- suraci 1y agowhen I first watched Full Metal Jacket (as well as other films by Stanley Kubrick), I couldn’t understand a lot of the content - for example, the “War Face”
- timeon 1y agoAnswer or not, you should have done public transit long time ago.
- AnthonyMouse 1y agoThe public transit problem in the US isn't actually a "build public transit" problem, it's a "remove zoning rules that prohibit the housing density required for public transit to be viable" problem. But it would take decades to fix that even if we started now, and we haven't even started now because people are still trying to fix it by adding bus lanes to places where the density required for viable bus service continues to be prohibited.
- ars 1y agoNot everyone wants to live in a dense city. I would say about half the population doesn't. Removing zoning (and I think they should - let people build what they want), will not make cities more dense, and that's fine - people should be able to live how they want.
- AnthonyMouse 1y agoNobody is forcing anybody to live anywhere. The problem right now is that you have areas where 90% of the land is zoned exclusively for single family homes and the areas that aren't have already been developed, so there is nowhere that new higher density development is allowed. How about we make it so that only 50% of the residential land is zoned for single family homes and let people build whatever they want on the rest of it? The newly rezoned land will be worth more, so if you want to live in a single family home, sell yours at a profit and buy one in the area still zoned for it.
- const_cast 1y ago> Removing zoning (and I think they should - let people build what they want), will not make cities more dense IMO yes it will, because it just makes sense. Denser cities are more efficient for everyone, normal people included. Transport price per unit drops, rent drops, all infrastructure costs per unit drop. I think most people will happily take a reduction in expenses in exchange for density.
- CamperBob2 1y ago
- megaman821 1y agoDoes legacy auto serve the national interest in times of war anymore? How many tanks do we need? Electric vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers at least have all the ingredients for drones and general electronics. Aerospace tech seems pretty important too for missiles, jets and communications.
- jayd16 1y agoIf they actually wanted it they can subsidize it instead of just making it hard to participate at every level of industry.