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But then market pressures for efficiency will lead to mergers and acquisitions...

• Alupis 3y ago
  Versus being quite literally held hostage by a non-cooperating foreign power for political gain? Things like energy independence sound cute and quaint until you find yourself being taken advantage of at best, or ground to a halt during armed conflict at worst.
  • georgeg23 3y ago
    Can't we all just get along...
    • Alupis 3y ago
      One can dream - but we have the entirety of human history as evidence that no, we cannot all just get along.
• omginternets 3y ago
  Yeah, and then we'll enter a cycle of repatriation when it gets painful enough. Generally speaking, it's precisely the bean-counter mentality of aggressive cost reduction (with a narrow definition of "cost") that gets us into this position to begin with. Robust systems need some overhead.