16 korrents from this piece
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Their wordsThat’s because America has an amazing consumer supply chain, one of the best, if not the best in the world, but this is totally different from having an industrial supply chain.
Their wordsEven with infinite money, we cannot duplicate that, because we lack the knowhow.
Their wordsThe people who knew how to build and repair molds have either passed away or are long retired.
Their wordsIt’s the work ethic, knowhow, commitment, combined with top notch infrastructure, that makes China the most powerful manufacturing country in the world today.
Their wordsSince the year 2000, US electricity generation per person has been flat.
Their wordsWithout the construction of huge amounts of new energy infrastructure, like nuclear power plants, we cannot meaningfully increase our manufacturing output.
Their wordsIt takes at least, in the most favorable of jurisdictions, 2 years (if you can get the permits) to build a factory in the United States.
Their wordsThe tariffs have frozen business activity because no one wants to take a big risk dependent on a policy that may change next week.
Their wordsAutomation will not save us.
Their wordsFirst, China, on a yearly basis installs 7x as many industrial robots as we do in the United States.
Their wordsThey are not useful in industrial environments where, if a humanoid robot can do it, an industrial machine which is specialized in the task can do it even better.
Their wordsWhen the United States applied tariffs to China, it shifted huge amounts of manufacturing to Vietnam, which did not have tariffs applied to it.
Their wordsThey applied the same tax to the components that you need to make things in America that they did to finished goods that were made outside of America.
Their wordsWhen the factory floor is down the hall, instead of 30 hours of travel away, it’s easier to make improvements and invent.
Our reading
Every country that has succeeded at manufacturing set the conditions first and then moved slowly.
Their wordsEvery country that has gone on a brilliant run of manufacturing first established the right conditions and then proceeded slowly.
Their wordsGrant manufacturing visas, not for labor, but for knowhow.