05-03-2017, 07:46 AM
(05-02-2017, 01:00 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote:(05-02-2017, 11:07 AM)pbrower2a Wrote:(05-02-2017, 10:24 AM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: I want to buy systems made in the US. I want to buy printed circuit board assemblies made in the US, I want to buy cable harnesses made in the US, I want to buy chassis made in the US, I want to buy ICs, SMT chip components, wires, cables, connectors, fans, heat sinks, etc, etc made in the US. 30 years ago I could buy all of the above in the US. The China price is now increasing, the logistics of a 5000 mile shipment channel suck (think of the inventory tied up in transit and buffers at all times), China et al may cut us off on a moment's notice, and we have opioid addicted former good workers idling and getting increasingly angry. Well, at some point, Great War will force these issues, then we shall have to figure out how to make all of the above items again.
Maybe we could make such stuff in the places of spent mines
Yes and a number of those are quite close to Mt. Weather. Very little additional digging / tunneling required.
In the event of a major war we might be wise to do much of the manufacturing of critical components for national defense underground, away from bombs and missiles.
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