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To: TimF who wrote (361231)	12/3/2007 5:00:31 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574257

"The carrier might last for 50 years, so even though you can recycle the steel its taken out of use for 50 years" The amount of steel is minuscule compared to the supply. So whether or not a carrier's worth of steel is taken off the market is in the "no noticeable blip" category. "Another example is the labor, sure the shipbuilders can work on other ships" If the US was a major ship builder, you might have a point. But, we aren't. Here is a list of all the ships built in the US since WWII. coltoncompany.com For merchant ships, a good year might see two built. Some years had none. Now, naval ships are different. So the primary customer for US shipyards is the US Navy. So the only one bearing any cost because of displaced labor is the Navy itself. So it becomes a scheduling issue for them.