Most are made in fully automated factories -- lchoro 05/14/2021 12:53PM
Dont let facts get in the way of spending our money at ridic levels ** -- The Hokie Steve 05/14/2021 12:32PM
Dunno. It also relies on fossil fuels and current grid. ** -- ColoVT82 05/14/2021 10:54AM
Most big companies will take the least resistant path to profitability. -- RoswellGAHokie 05/14/2021 09:52AM
NPR Show in LA when I lived there did a bit on how it was more expensive -- ElbertoHokie 05/14/2021 09:12AM
There are some economies of scale at work that are lost -- Tafkam Hokie 05/14/2021 10:16AM
That would be strictly due to CA government regulations & taxes. ** -- EDGEMAN 05/14/2021 09:28AM
The cost to rent a car in CA is not much more than anywhere else -- statmanfromHCyrs 05/14/2021 09:56AM
Renting a car there was pricier than most but it wasn't a mortgage payment. -- ElbertoHokie 05/14/2021 09:51AM
Oil and gas is old and already controlled- so the ipod generation -- bigbadbird 05/14/2021 09:06AM
Children are smaller and use less resources...thus are more "green" ** -- Tuckahokie 05/14/2021 08:55AM
They have little hands so can pick little berries easier ** -- bigbadbird 05/14/2021 09:13AM
Or dig for the lithium for your Tesla battery. ** -- GreenvilleVT 05/14/2021 10:04AM
Because slave or child labor is OK to those pushing it. -- EDGEMAN 05/14/2021 08:38AM
Sweatervest capitalists - doing great things - for themselves ** -- bigbadbird 05/14/2021 09:11AM
Amen. Being lectured by woke billionaires from the C-suite is too much. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 05/14/2021 09:37AM
70% of chocolate is from slavery in West Africa -- HokieDan95 05/14/2021 08:42AM
Aren't girls best friends produced with slave labor? ** -- bigbadbird 05/14/2021 09:12AM
Not the actual chocolate. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/14/2021 08:48AM
The raw material ** -- HokieDan95 05/14/2021 08:57AM
But from wiki - -- PhotoHokieNC 05/14/2021 09:00AM
Guess I'll stick with Swiss chocolate when I decide to partake. ** -- EDGEMAN 05/14/2021 09:26AM
Good thing I don't eat a lot of chocolate these days! ** -- EDGEMAN 05/14/2021 08:43AM
I think your question has more to do with "where" something is produced -- BB Hokie 05/14/2021 08:27AM
Getting closer ** -- typed by ben 05/14/2021 08:42AM
Like an asymptote, these folks will approach something but never touch it ** -- Synaesthesia 05/14/2021 09:47AM
Yep. The key is the US needs to start making more of everything. -- reestuart 05/14/2021 08:32AM
But we like our cheap stuff -- Tafkam Hokie 05/14/2021 08:56AM
Especially pharma! -- EDGEMAN 05/14/2021 08:43AM
Yep. Waiting for the fallout from the Indian pandemic. Generics... -- Va AandM 05/14/2021 09:23AM
I don't understand why more things can't be made in Central & South America -- HokieNoVA 05/14/2021 09:14AM
Not allowed to cut down rain forests to make slave labor camps......:) ** -- RTFC 05/14/2021 10:52AM
Because dictatorships run a tighter ship ** -- bigbadbird 05/14/2021 09:15AM
Depends on the dictatorship -- Tafkam Hokie 05/14/2021 09:37AM
China undercuts the competition so they can corner the market -- EDGEMAN 05/14/2021 09:58AM
There is some progress on that (inside) -- MP4VT2004 05/14/2021 08:52AM
As freight costs go up and supply chains get more expensive its natural -- ElbertoHokie 05/14/2021 09:09AM
But domestic inflation is pretty high too. Costs of doing business here -- Tafkam Hokie 05/14/2021 09:39AM
All true EXCEPT a lot of the low costs to produce are due to the -- ElbertoHokie 05/14/2021 09:48AM
And here is some more information -- MP4VT2004 05/14/2021 08:53AM
Don't ask a question you don't want the answer to ** -- typed by ben 05/14/2021 08:07AM