Good link. Many good comments under Vox Day.
https://voxday.net/2024/05/08/how-civilization-ends/How Civilization Ends
Tucker Goodrich is not optimistic, based on his experience with working on engines and machine shops.
https://twitter.com/TuckerGoodrich/status/17856494517023375431/2 This is how civilization ends.
"Due to the dwindling supply of quality machine shops and very poor quality aftermarket parts as well as a lack of people interested in learning the engine building and machine shop trades, I regret to inform our many followers and current as well as past customers that we will no longer be taking on any new engine build orders unless it is for a car we are restoring. Since Covid, we have had to do rework on multiple engine builds due to poorly manufactured parts that failed during break in or machine work that was below our standards due to all the old farts like me dying off with no younger workers interested in taking their place.
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