I run a business flipping houses and remodeling rental properties. I was talking to the owner of the electrical supply house in our county yesterday and he told me they sold the last 200 amp meter base they had in stock the day before. They were probably one of the last stores in Tennessee that had any in stock. You can't build a house without one.
He also told me our power company has been removing transformers that are feeding barns or workshops. They don't have any spares to fix broken transformers in residential areas so they are stealing them from places that affect the fewest people. They haven't received any new transformers in several months.
The areas affected by the tornados last week are calling utility companies everywhere trying to find transformers and poles to repair the damage but there are very many spares left. He said if that storm had hit our county, he didn't think we would have the parts to get the power turned back on any time soon.
Crazy times ahead.
And materials in general. I build houses for a living. Windows earlier this year took 8-9 weeks. Almost three time longer than the previous year. Today...current windows we just ordered.....16 weeks. We’re having to go to a much higher priced window, it’s not better just higher priced, to get them back down to 8-9 weeks. Beam material 6 weeks out. It’s not getting better at all. New norm perhaps.
Another section of Atlas Shrugged come to life... Who IS John Galt????
I am John Galt.
I would like to come visit you in your office.
When would be a good time?
Tuesday at 4:00, central time.
Is Dagny gonna be there?
Cuz unlike the book... I'm gonna get started with that early...
Donnie may be the boldest John Galt of all time. Holding the strike meetings around the world under cover of being President. Right under everyone's noses!
Soon, the Engine of the World will be stopped and then the very best WILL come... 💖😎
We need ppl with capital to invest in manufacturing companies that can produce our shortages!
You hit the nail on the head.
Build anything related to manufacturing in the USA, and you'll be probed in ways not thought to be humanly possible.
Gotta get the raw materials from somewhere. To many regulations in place that prevent most plastics and resins from being made locally.
That's what I have been thinking. I am not sure about large transformers but some of the things people are talking about shouldn't be difficult to manufacture. I would imagine the machinery needed to manufacture these items is equally hard to get. Unless we re-purpose old machines to make them or even re-purpose the machines to manufacture the goods that are needed.
I think there’s some sort of glass shortage on top of everything else. Maybe the looters /kek
I have been trying to buy these glass shelves for months and they are constantly out of stock. Very frustrating.
There's an American made window/ glass factory in my town, it's called PGT/ vinyltech I'm sure you've probably already heard of them, but just in case you haven't here's a link. https://www.pgtwindows.com/vinyl/
Of course they might be short too, but it's in Florida, which is still getting shipping through, so maybe not
How else are they going to keep housing supply low?