Re:Samsung boosts non-memory chip investment to $151B
by phkahler on Sunday May 16, 2021 @04:03PM
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>> if something happened in the middle east, the global price would go up.
But if WW III starts with say China taking Taiwan and getting into stuff in the pacific, and Russia invading easter european countries, and maybe some other stuff... If the US were to fully engage in some kind of global conflict, they could ban oil exports and not have a supply problem.
This is the kind of thinking the military engages in to ensure their own supply chains won't be distrupted in a war. The ability to operate independently is important even if it's never used.
But if WW III starts with say China taking Taiwan and getting into stuff in the pacific, and Russia invading easter european countries, and maybe some other stuff... If the US were to fully engage in some kind of global conflict, they could ban oil exports and not have a supply problem.
This is the kind of thinking the military engages in to ensure their own supply chains won't be distrupted in a war. The ability to operate independently is important even if it's never used.