How real is America’s chipmaking renaissance?

Re:How real is America’s chipmaking renaissance? by alephnerd on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @12:52PM (#37051973)

> However, Texas is loaded with sun/desert and I believe a ton of wind resources, so it has that going for it for next-generation industry.

Surprisingly, you got to thank George Bush for that

He made renewable wind and solar energy a major part of his energy policy when he was Govenor of TX. [0].

In 1999, he passed a law mandating Texas to get 2,000 megawatts of electricity from renewable energy by 2009. This helped spurt the entire renewable industry in TX

[0] - https://www.technologyreview.com/2016/08/29/70295/george-w-b...

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Re:How real is America’s chipmaking renaissance? by robertlagrant on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @01:07PM (#37052245)

Why's that surprising?

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Re:How real is America’s chipmaking renaissance? by alephnerd on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @01:14PM (#37052368)

Rhetorical flourish.

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Re:How real is America’s chipmaking renaissance? by red-iron-pine on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @02:25PM (#37053400)

Because the Bushs are a family of oil types

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Re:How real is America’s chipmaking renaissance? by alephnerd on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @06:31PM (#37056363)

They actually started off in the New York City publishing industry.

McGraw Hill was founded by the Bush family before they decamped for Dallas in the 1920s.

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Re:How real is America’s chipmaking renaissance? by robertlagrant on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @04:38AM (#37060079)

"oil types" is a stereotype. Stereotypes don't generate genuine surprises, only surprises compared to the stereotype.

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Re:How real is America’s chipmaking renaissance? by bee_rider on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @01:45PM (#37052828)

I mean, you might be able to thank Bush for the investment, but I think we should not start thanking politicians for the sun and the wind, haha.

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