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Also those old open hearth furnaces are long gone, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHnJp0oyOxs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHnJp0oyOxs There are peop
by PaulHoule 9mo ago
Also those old open hearth furnaces are long gone, see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHnJp0oyOxs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHnJp0oyOxs
There are people making top quality steel in the US today by modern methods but it wasn't like the new replaced the old, the old mostly disappeared and we got a little bit of the new.
- jacquesm 9mo agoYes, I should have been more clear there: they could catch up in volume but it will require a different mindset if they want to become a net exporter of such items.
- gsf_emergency_6 9mo agoTo add a meta contribution to yours using anecdotes: US pipeline for metallurgical R&D broken (by financial/cultural incentives) This guy studied metallurgy in Carleton U, Canada, switched to CS, founded YC, emotionalized the decision https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39600555 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39600555 Who knows, he might have become John Carmack's John Carmack, building rockets better than Carmack or Elon
- jacquesm 9mo agoAnd yet, it could be done, I'm pretty sure of that.