Inside of a mountain... Far from fishing grounds.
On 09/04/2017 10:26 AM, Josh Reynolds wrote:
Anything that would affect the fishing economy there would be no-bueno.
On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 12:25 PM, Robert Andrews <[email protected]> wrote:
There is an amazing rare-earth deposit that was supposed to be opened up in
Alaska, but alas, it was deemed to valuable a nature resource.. It could
have been opened up carefully, but instead might end up being opened up in a
mad rush. guess what would have been better for the environment..
On 09/04/2017 10:03 AM, Josh Reynolds wrote:
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...
