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Thread Number: 69545
/ Tag: Air Conditioners
Four-fifth's of the world's window-mounted ACs from China |
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Post# 924449 , Reply# 2 3/2/2017 at 06:34 (2,611 days old) by Frigilux  (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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If automation can replace humans in many manufacturing scenarios, companies may once again choose to make their products in the United States rather than dealing with the political and logistical problems inherent in having to ship everything to-and-from China, South Korea, India, etc. Of course, the irony is that it wouldn't create large numbers of jobs in manufacturing for American humans. Great time to be a robot, though!
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| Post# 924452 , Reply# 3 3/2/2017 at 07:22 (2,611 days old) by duke () | ||
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Well said Frigilux, AND it may create many more jobs if the electronics for the products are produced here. | ||
| Post# 924466 , Reply# 4 3/2/2017 at 08:51 (2,611 days old) by washman (o) | ||
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Hi Frig! | ||
| Post# 924501 , Reply# 5 3/2/2017 at 13:15 (2,611 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
unfortunately... | ||
| Post# 924619 , Reply# 8 3/3/2017 at 08:27 (2,610 days old) by washman (o) | ||
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the brave new world is upon us | ||
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Post# 925165 , Reply# 11 3/5/2017 at 16:55 (2,608 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Air conditioners have gone from being an expensive durable 
Appliance, to something you can pick up at Walmart, Rite Aide and many other low cost/discount places. No, these units aren't a patch on the all metal and built to last air conditioners of the 1950's through 1970's or even 1980's. But then again they don't cost as much either.
As so many other things cheap imports from Mexico or Asia have brought prices down, which depending upon how you look at it is a good thing. I mean look at how fast LED, Plasma and whatever television prices plummeted. You can pick up a cheap bargain Asian set for nearly nothing. In contrast how long did it take for BW then later color television prices to drop? Am not that old but can remember when any household with more than one full sized color TV was considered sitting pretty. | ||
| Post# 927555 , Reply# 13 3/18/2017 at 03:13 (2,595 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
Agreed Tom.
The Old Fedders Weather Wheel, Carrier "Weathermakers". Chrysler Airtemp, so many brands that were built out of steel and made with pride. Amazingly especially in a city, you'll still see a few of those old units in windows, transoms, or through walls. I would think they still work. Man, did they blow Ice Cold Air. | ||
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