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Re:Materials to get lights on are getting scarce by mrkstu on Sunday September 05, 2021 @09:41PM (#28429426)
The knowledge currently exists on how to manufacture all this from minerals to final output- probably a good idea to spend some of those trillions in infrastructure spending tempting some retirees to come and help us re-establish a full chain of manufacturing in critical areas.
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Re:Materials to get lights on are getting scarce by robocat on Sunday September 05, 2021 @11:58PM (#28430076)
How It's Made Electric Pole Transformers : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7E6wJ7h30c ABB making them in the US (all signs in English, lbs label on crane), but I would guess the video is from last century.

Also Siemens make Electric Pole transformers (I think) in Colombia - shown for a short segment at the start of this more recent video montage on making a variety of different transformers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MHoiNnv3ZE

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Re:Materials to get lights on are getting scarce by UWillOwnNothing on Sunday September 05, 2021 @10:07PM (#28429559)
If current institutions possessed such competence we wouldn’t be facing such a dilemma.
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Re:Materials to get lights on are getting scarce by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday September 06, 2021 @12:35AM (#28430289)
It's completely possible to have the knowledge/competence to do something but be thwarted by resource constraints / management / social/economic issues.
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