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Originally Posted by Carth
My point was that, as you stated, we don't make them . . or most of them.
We're a consumer country, using the low wages and 'dirty' energy of other countries to supply our goods.
If we started making many of those ourselves, we'd be paying 4 times the price . . and still possibly having to import half the materials required.
We could probably make them to a much better quality to price them better, but then if items lasted 3 times longer we'd need to make less of them, which actually reduces production doesn't it.
It's a game isn't it, and one we seem to be losing  |
Most of what you say would also apply to the EU, US, Aus, NZ, none of them make the stuff, because as you rightly say, the low wage/don't care about fuel source economy in china where the people are treated like shit in sweathouse factories can make it much cheaper even factoring in the cost of shipping it half way round the world (and the environmental impact of doing that).
But absolutely none of it is specifically related to whether or not we are in the EU as these countries face the same issues.