How much steel we use isn’t really the important point.
How much steel we will *need* in an emergency, is the real measure.
That’s hard to quantify, but to a couple of signficant digits, the answer is “a lot”.
Great! How much do we make now?
That’s hard to quantify, but to a couple of signficant digits, the answer is “a lot”.
That's the kind of answer I'd expect from a liberal. Or someone who dropped out of math class.