Make It In America, People!

[MrScorpio]

"We're a nation of leaders. American know-how put the world on wheels. American ingenuity made us the first in flight. And, through American innovation manufacturing will provide a strong foundation for economic growth." - John Dingell

http://www.dingellforcongress.com/landing/michigan-america-petition

[lib2DaBone]

1. Yes! Build American.... Buy American

I long for the days of quality auto parts, quality building materials, quality clothing.

Goldman-Sachs and the Hedge Funds will do everything in their power to stop America from getting their factories back.

[Dappleganger]

2. Buy it in America, too.

Heading out to the local Arts Market tomorrow to find some birthday presents--all locally made, of course.

[HillbillyBob]

3. Here in central NC we have a lot of empty factories , mostly textile

sitting empty and starting to fall into ruins.
I would love to see some of them start making bamboo textiles and flooring.
If I had any idea of how to raise the capital, even at cost to my health(long term hiv survivor) I would do it.

We have even already started some bamboo. Not sure of the species, but the clump I got my starts from would reach 35 45 in height and up to 6 inches across at 5 ft off the ground. I used some to build a big canopy behind our house because the summer sun cooked that side of the house and it even stood up to 80 mph straight line winds at least 3 or 4 storms like that, the tarps shredded, but the structure stood for several years until we moved and I took it down. Bamboo grows fast a stand can mature in 7 10 years(when the majority of the culms reach full size for the species) you can cut them ever 4 5 years or so and they suck up a large amount of CO2, are not water or fert intensive, well only in spring for 2 months when the new culms come up.

[OneGrassRoot]

4. A new entity was formed specifically with this in mind...

The governor of NC just signed legislation this week for a new entity -- an L3C -- which is a hybrid of for profit corporations and non-profit, the idea being that the social mission has more focus than profit generation.

And, it was the empty textile factories in NC, I believe, that spurred the push to get L3C's in NC, to get foundation money investments for these areas. You might Google a few of these key words and see if there is a way to work on this issue further?

That's fascinating idea to make use of bamboo to revitilize these industries.

You should pursue it! :hi: