Applied technology requires observation and experimentation. Breakthroughs in electronics in the 1970s heralded the rapid development of electronics and included software to instruct electronic components. That enabled advances in automation and better quality. Physics contributed to the development of radar, wireless communication and laser technology to test mechanical parts. Telephony and wireless technology advanced to include cell phones and internet.
Design cycles are periods of months or years required to develop improved designs of manufactured goods. The timing of these cycles requires that products will be ready to meet demand. This worked well in from the 1970s when the integrated circuit was invented to replace cathode ray tubes. In the 1980s, the PC revolution was joined by the telephony upgrade to cell phones and RF towers. Fiber optic cable was added to handle high signal volume and satellites were added to ensure global coverage. Design cycles were shortened using the latest tools.
Now we are working to deploy AI during a period of global economic decline. We need to time our design cycle to make sure that the US economy will respond. Some AI applications are underway as businesses employ AI to achieve machine learning and speed up data handling. As consumer resources are eaten up by inflation, We should expect lower sales of I-Phones and other non-essential products and services.
The US EV mandates have failed. Government edicts to eliminate internal combustion engine automobile manufacturing to comply with the Climate Chage Hoax are being ignored by US consumers. In 1885, Benz manufactured the first internal combustion engine automobile. In 1925, Ford made their internal combustion automobile affordable. It took 40 years to accomplish this. In 2003, Tesla manufactured its Electronic Automobile. Using the 40-year gap we experienced with the internal combustion engine, we could expect that affordability could be achieved in 2043. EVs don’t start in cold weather and require recharging after driving 100 to 300 miles. EVs have caught on fire and the fires are hard to put out. Cheaper EVs only last for 10 years when their batteries need to be replaced. The minerals required for EV chips are not mined in the US. These defects need to be removed before US consumers will consider buying an EV. The EV is viable as a commuter vehicle, but is not useful for long trips. This EV “experiment” is likely to bankrupt US automobile manufacturers.
The Obama EPA is back. They used regulations written by EPA bureaucrats to impose 1-gallon toilets and now want to ban natural gas stoves and cooktops. US companies need to be wary of these regulations. 60% of US homes use natural gas. I predict these regulations will fail. New EPA regulations should prompt the House to end the Federal EPA and send this to the States under the 10th Amendment or pull back EPA authority to issue regulations and vote on each regulation as Bills in Congress.
Government funded infrastructure in the US is shifting from roads and highways to 12-foot wide multi-use sidewalks for bikers. US consumers use their cars to commute to work and go shopping for groceries. I have not seen a single bike used to haul groceries and the bike lanes on roads are empty.
Consumers have been the arbiters of US commerce and exercise control of prices based on supply and demand. When beef prices are high, US consumers but chicken and fish. When new car prices are too high, they buy a reliable used car. When new home prices are too high, they buy a “fixer-upper”. When rents are too high, they move back home with mom and dad or find working roommates to share the cost.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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