> We actually have a great deal of bargaining power in all this. No, that's folly.
It's economic M.A.D. It would crash both the US and Chinese economies... would also impact Taiwan / HK. As far as tech stuff, we'd be fucked for a few years. China has 85-95% of the world's rare earth mining capacity used in things we use every day, from watches, phones, cars, drones, military equipment, medical equipment, things NASA depends on, etc. They have roughly 1/3rd of the world's rare earth deposits, but there is no production really spun up anywhere else. We have a place in California, and friends in Australia, but those facilities are closed due to the low Chinese prices. If you thought the crashes of 2000/2008 were bad, imagine 25-35% unemployment that would largely not be soaked up by newly opened US facilities due to the cost of manufacturing here. On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Foxconn is coming here (IPhone) > Taiwan is hoping this goes down, their sovereignty is on the table > Philippines and Malaysia used to produce, probably a lot of shuttered > factories > we haven't closed the door on cuba yet > There is no shortage of slave labor nations, china knows this. > When you rely on the spoils of slaver and servitude such as we do, its best > to spread the risk around, and that's what we are poised to do with this. It > will hurt in the wallet for a time, but in the end, we would be better, > critical components will make their way back to silicon valley, the rest of > the stuff will spread out. > > We actually have a great deal of bargaining power in all this. > > > > > On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The short version of this, is that for the first time since April >> 30th, 1975 (end of Vietnam War) the American people might actually >> realize we are at war. They've largely been excluded from that fact >> for almost 17 years now. This however, would be a much more >> conventional battle. We are REALLY good at those, or at least we were >> at one time. >> >> The alternative is that North Korean continues their program to >> increase their range, accuracy, explosive potential, and eventually a >> multi-warhead (MIRV) situation. There have been some links in the past >> between NK and Iran, so if NK ends up being successful, Iran would >> likely be quick to follow. >> >> None of this is any good. >> >> On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Kurt Fankhauser >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I'm starting to get worried if the US tries to punish China for North >> > Korea >> > what does this mean for wireless radios that are made in China? Will we >> > not >> > be able to import them anymore? We rely quite a bit on products made in >> > China for our everyday lives. I use alot of Ubiquiti products and if i >> > can >> > no longer get those my WISP operations would be severely crippled... > >
