[Guardian]

we really screwed up when we allowed manufacturing majority to be done by a few people in the same place, the old all eggs in one basket bit.

Yeah... this makes interruptions to the gobal economy considerably more likely and even more catastrophic. I just hope we can learn from the issues of this.

 did you know that one of the biggest places that produces the main circuit boards they use in gas/electric monitoring systems are produced in a small out of the way place just outside town here?.

Funny enough I have one just down the street from me as well. They employ no more than 30 people and specialize in local "quick replacements" for circuit boards and small special electronic parts that would otherwise have to be manufactured in China. I thought it was pretty cool when I found about about them. Don't see that much anymore. They seemed to be doing well before all this, but have been shuttered along with everyone else during the pandemic.