“Right now, the Midwest is awash with old, decrepit manufacturing plants,” Mautner said in an interview. “Some of these are factories with century-old equipment, and they?ve seen few improvements over the years. At the same time, China is building all new facilities, with all new equipment, and they?re consuming about half of the world?s oil, and half of the world?s steel and concrete.”
U.S. companies can?t stop China?s industrial revolution, but they can shield themselves from it a little, Mautner said.
Daily Archives: March 15, 2005
State of the Blogosphere, 2005
Technorati is now tracking over 7.8 million weblogs, and 937 million links. That’s just about double the number of weblogs tracked in October 2004. In fact, the blogosphere is doubling in size about once every 5 months. It has already done so at this pace four times, which means that in the last 20 months, the blogosphere has increased in size by over 16 times.
Related: Katherine Seelye: Can Papers end the Free Ride Online?
BioDiesel Co-ops
Producers of a diesel alternative made from old vegetable oil want to build a network of stations to sell the fuel to motorists. But many find it tough to convince local regulators to approve their efforts. By Mark Baard