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Re:Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant un... by NicoJuicy on Friday October 01, 2021 @01:41AM (#28715007)
You can't increase production of semiconductors within 3-4 years.

Those assembly lines are highly specialized and extremely efficient. After all this time, the best they can do is 1% extra efficiency per month.

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Re:Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant un... by treeman79 on Friday October 01, 2021 @12:00PM (#28720130)
And factories were big and owned by the evil rich, so Russia socialized them. Thus leading to decades long shortages for all but the very rich.

A short term (1-5) year problem is no reason to takes steps to ensure a generational problem.

Free market is brutal about improving efficiency and growing with demand.

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