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"So for sure we're not going to be able to replace 90% of the market in a blink." That's BS. If the US considered the shortage important enough and really want
by hilbert42 1y ago
"So for sure we're not going to be able to replace 90% of the market in a blink."
That's BS. If the US considered the shortage important enough and really wanted to then it could do so in a flash.
If you doubt this just look at how the US turned its manufacturing around in WWII. The speed of the production ramp-up was truly amazing.
- Auracle 1y agoThat was back when we had manufacturing knowledge. That’s all but gone.
- hilbert42 1y agoThe facetious reply to that is to look at what China has done with its command economy under the direction of its smart degree-engineer Politburo masters (unlike the USSR). That's not a call for Communism, during WWII the US was essentially under a command economy and manufacturing companies made good profits—some fortunes. Furthermore, the US government was run by very bright people such as Vannevar Bush and Harry Hopkins (they must be rolling in their graves at today's shambles). The US doesn't have to go to such lengths today but it could partially do so by mandating that certain critical/strategic industries be directed to produce strategic goods and materials. The real issues are lack of political will and stupid ideological differences.