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The price of getting an environmental impact statement can hit millions, and any attempt to set up a new factory, or, given the example of my own sister, new house, starts in the thousands. And, yes, even though it's stupid as hell, you can need one pretty much any time the Gov wants. The rules...

When there's a lot of complex rules, it's much harder to start something small, and build it into real competion for big companies. The solution is not more laws, it's just letting people start new companies that can compete. And, yes, it's happening. Of course, when prices get to a certain...

Not likely. It's one of the industries where the Green types have worked hard to cripple it, they're not going to let go until they personally suffer, and often even then. There's a lot of international transport in it too. Until that settles down, with everything fully reopened, it's not...

Interesting. I've heard similar things on the 'ship' side, and I can tell you that it's not going to last, because when you run out of workers, you collect zero dollars. Also, if you're running such a company, you can't get stuff you want, either. The biggest problem isn't the law not...

All true. But, if there's a law, they're not allowed to make "Only Apple Zone" as the law, so it's got to be a little more indirect than that. That means it'll hit vastly more potential companies. And, once it's in place, even if Apple later decides it's no longer useful, it doesn't vanish...

It's all linked. It's about being practical. It's about Green bullshit. It's about NIMBY'ism. Classic example. In Australia, right now, there's a shortage of timber, even for the most basic usages. There's people ringing the timber yards who specialize in rare and exotic timbers for Pine...

It's pretty bad, now. And, it's not going to improve any time soon. I'm in timber, in Australia. And, we're past the point where local timbers at 2-3 times the price of Pine, before, are now replacing Pine, because people and get it. As for transport? Man, that's a mess. But, it might just...