From: Adam Flinton 

Gary Wiltshire wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:28:20 -0400, Adam 
> wrote:
>
>> Gary Wiltshire wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:03:20 -0400, Adam Flinton
>>>   wrote:
>>>
>>>> Geo wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Adam" 
wrote in message
>>>>> news:42d7c379$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>
>>>>>>> It has everything to do with it, right now
china couldn't do
>>>>>>> anything
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  that
>>>>>
>>>>>>> would damage the US economy, they are far too
invested and far too
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  dependent
>>>>>
>>>>>>> upon our economy. The more the worlds
economies get intertwined like
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  this
>>>>>
>>>>>>> the less likely we are to get into wars
because of the effects
>>>>>>> it   would
>>>>>>> have.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If only that were true. WW1 was a fight over
economic power &
>>>>>> friction.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   We didn't have anything near todays level of economic
>>>>> integration   back in
>>>>> the early 1900's. Just look at the auto industry today.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes we did. True the US was smaller economically & vastly more
>>>> insular  but ....
>>>>
>>>> Adam
>>>
>>>   No we didn't.  My last car has a Japanese nameplate and was built
>>> in  the  US with parts from the Americas, Europe and Asia (not just
>>> Japan).  Taking  junked cars apart with a flashlight and a
>>> magnifying  glass is fascinating  nowadays.
>>>
>>
>> In the UK we did with knobs on. Like I say you lot were possibly
>> insular  & on the periphery of world trade much like the PRC or India
>> used to be.
>>
>> Adam
>
>
> There is no way US or European cars were built with parts from the
> geographic spread they are now.
>

Possibly because there were very few cars. Steam engines though were
assembled from parts made all over. My Grandfather's steamship on Lake
malawi was made in various bits of the world & then pulled over land in
pieces to the lake. The engines for instance were made in Glasgow.

Adam

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