US oil companies are a mere shadow of the companies we knew 35 years. They don’t have the money power and influence they used to.
On the other hand US technology is moving five times faster than it was 35 years ago. There’ll be more scientific and technological change in the next 20 years than in all of the last 120 years put together.
No use calling a ring tailed monkey a boll weavel.
The problem is not US production capacity. The problem is international capitalists who own the international oil corporations. They don't have American interests at heart. In fact the rich Arab royalty is funding our enemies all the while American politicians know about it.
On the other hand US technology is moving five times faster than it was 35 years ago. There’ll be more scientific and technological change in the next 20 years than in all of the last 120 years put together.
My office is filled with computers and peripheral equipment made in Asia. I use electronic gadgets for engineering evaluations made in Europe. I think the furniture in my office was made in America. The siding and roofing in my office was replaced in large part by migrants from Central America. The technology you say is moving five times faster than 35 years ago is either 5 times zero (no movement) or 5 times the speed of light. i don't see it.
No use calling a ring tailed monkey a boll weavel.
Now that you mention the boll weevil -- a pest from south of the border -- it just reminds me nothing good comes from Mexico.