Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TobagoJack who wrote (35743)	6/14/2008 7:45:28 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217542

Great lakes. Steam boats. Lots of European shirtless. Iron ore and coking coal. Cheap oil. Robber Barons. Those were the components that created the USA. Forget Tom Peters and Michael Porter. Plastics need oil. Aluminum needs energy. Iron needs ore and coal. We make door and window frames out of aluminum. PVC window frames are more expensive than aluminum here. In Europe PVC window frames are cheaper than aluminum. Wood and Iron are very little used nowadays. Materials Tj. Materials. And keep in mind this is not cyclical. This is structural. Keep also in mind newest technologies: Solar fuel cells. that uses high cost (Tantalum, Platinum and other rare metals). They will never become mass market. Niche players at the most. Keep also in mind geography when you think trade.