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Re:The Entire History of Steel by sitkack on Thursday July 12, 2018 @10:21PM (#17520081)
> American steel consumption has declined about 40% per capita.

I wonder how much of that is from import auto sales? Or an overall drop in civic projects?

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Re:The Entire History of Steel by philipkglass on Thursday July 12, 2018 @11:35PM (#17520338)
It's measuring consumption, so I think that imported goods are included.

My top guesses as to causes would be a reduced pace of building/infrastructure construction, reduced steel content in cars, and cars lasting longer.

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