We haven't been mining much as a nation but there is renewed interest in finding ways to hedge our strengths and resources (We gave too much away I think in the name of a few pennies of profit.). There is also some desire to return a portion of manufacturing back to the U.S. (That won't happen with expensive old models of mass investment to the same interested parties. We need to have focused investments to create new products that shake industries. We should be able to build the right infrastructures to create synergy and growth but policies must be focused on change. ) As a nation we don't have a solid understanding on how infrastructure can interact with new investment models and the creative & labor class to develop whole new industries. We are stuck in old world/Industrial Age thinking (Like the Delta County innovation model with shipping hub. While it may not serve many political interests it is something we should sort of consider for regional development. Take it, throw it in the trash, or whatever but I'm sure there would be a good prototype size/market that would work.)
I applaud the effort to strengthen the Soo locks but am yet disheartened that good ideas are often discarded without enhanced redevelopment of advanced manufacturing in Great Lake communities. We need to be smarter and think about where we are going to be as a nation in 20 years. Rethinking our economic approaches is important. We need methods of enhancing innovation and making the U.S. the place where new things are built. Disruptive technologies can have butterfly effects throughout industries if done well and the right parties are brought to the right locations to enhance, speed and spread innovations.
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