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Economy

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,969 posts) Sun Mar 6, 2022, 08:47 AM Mar 2022

Low on gas: Ukraine invasion chokes supply of neon needed for chipmaking

#Neon shortage because the world depends on #Ukraine (#Odessa) for so much of its supplies -- means chip shortage and car / parts shortage There is one plant in Texas

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arstechnica.com
Low on gas: Ukraine invasion chokes supply of neon needed for chipmaking
Production of gases used to make semiconductors at risk.

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Low on gas: Ukraine invasion chokes supply of neon needed for chipmaking (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 OP

We definitely need to begin making everything in the United States jimfields33 Mar 2022 #1

Agreed. I live in Elkhart Indiana, which is the largest producers of RV's in the world. bearsfootball516 Mar 2022 #2

jimfields33

(18,900 posts)

1. We definitely need to begin making everything in the United States

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Mar 6, 2022, 08:49 AM

Mar 2022

We cannot rely on getting our products outside anymore. The pandemic and this war is proving this.

bearsfootball516

(6,510 posts)

2. Agreed. I live in Elkhart Indiana, which is the largest producers of RV's in the world.

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 6, 2022, 10:40 AM

Mar 2022

One of the city councilmen told me earlier this week that he learned we get about 70 percent of our steel from Russia.

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