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bucolic_frolic

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1. The only current optimism I have is deglobalization

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Wed Jul 12, 2023, 08:07 PM

Jul 2023

Companies, people, even some governments here or there are sourcing, living local. Trains instead of planes, local farms. The repricing of the costs of shipping are forcing people to live local. But it's a nascent and small change in the age of Amazon

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See what three degrees of global warming looks like [View all] Uncle Joe Jul 2023 OP

The only current optimism I have is deglobalization bucolic_frolic Jul 2023 #1

I agree. Brenda Jul 2023 #2