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Re:America produces enough oil to meet its needs, so why do ... by shagie on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @10:34PM (#30610617)
... and the logistics of getting those parts.

Everything you need to build an iPhone is in one city. This is quite a bit like Detroit of the 50s - where the manufacturer and the entire supply chain for it is geographically compact.

Today, it is hard to find a geographically compact industrial chain within the US.

http://free.sourcemap.com/maps/57d154a89ca3b16d44e95e5e

Compare that to, say, the supply chain for the Ford F150 - https://open.sourcemap.com/maps/582b47c785e240e442569015

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