I agree that I think this is the early beginnings of a modest trend, for the reasons that Cam mentioned. I've read several stories in this same vein over the last few months.
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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:358947 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
