On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote:
> I realize that this article mentions that Apple is only going to produce a > specific Mac, but I wonder if this is a sign that companies are taking a > renewed look at returning manufacturing back to the U.S.? Wishful thinking > I guess Realistically speaking, if you believe that we have reached peak oil (or will soon), these sorts of decisions are somewhat inevitable in the longer run. Shipping parts all over the globe to be manufactured and assembled in various locations gets more and more expensive as the costs to transport them goes up. Combine this with other factors such as increasing labor costs in China and other parts of the world and there is a point where making things at home make sense again. Economically speaking, if you believe in the market economy, market forces and scarcity of resources will flatten certain things like this out, given enough time. -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:358946 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
