| ▲ | 1970-01-01 a day ago |
| Steel comes from iron, which you can't grow. It's more critical than food, which you can grow. Same for vaccines. |
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| ▲ | 0x3f a day ago | parent [-] |
| > Steel comes from iron, which you can't grow Right, and where is the iron coming from in the scenario where we can't import steel? |
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| ▲ | 1970-01-01 a day ago | parent [-] | | As it is top-critical, you're recycling it, opening new mines, and taking it by force. | | |
| ▲ | 0x3f a day ago | parent [-] | | Don't most of these contingencies apply to steel in the first place? | | |
| ▲ | 1970-01-01 a day ago | parent [-] | | Nope. The entire point here is facing the decision on which of these contingencies will apply. | | |
| ▲ | 0x3f a day ago | parent [-] | | Why can't steel be recycled or taken by force? | | |
| ▲ | wongarsu a day ago | parent [-] | | Recycling steel uses by and large the same industrial sites as making new steel. Most new steel has some amount of recycled steel mixed in, the trick is getting the ratios of various types of scrap right | | |
| ▲ | 8note 18 hours ago | parent [-] | | ok but in the bad situation, your steel is at the bottom of the ocean. how are you recycling that? |
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