Not in a pessimistic way, but I can’t disagree. It kind of feels like the world was a very finely tuned economoic machine that has been knocked off balance. 

Not quite. A domestic supplier may have 10x the demand now if they can satisfy it. Capping the price only limits profit margin. 

Can confirm. I’m in the air pollution control and pneumatic conveying industry. Aluminum is out of the question right now. If carbon steel isn’t acceptable, we’re using 304SS.

In theory, free markets would prevent suppliers from having the world by the balls. A competitor should step in and undercut them.

I can tell you first hand, it is nearly impossible to get aluminum pipe right now. My business deals with a large quantity of 3"+ diameter 6061 piping components and we’re getting lead times out to mid Q1 2022 right now for things that are usually off the shelf.

Bad Sales person: Tells a mother with 2 kids she really should go for the Expedition instead of the Explorer. Expedition is out of her price range, so the sale is dropped.

I call this aesthetic “Scandinavian prison”.

It’s fine, you didn’t need to give me a citation for my suggestion you picked. It’s fine. No seriously, it’s fine. IT’S FINE

$100,000+
6400 lbs
6.4L pushrod V8
10 mpg in the city if you’re lucky. Many real world tests are seeing single digit city MPGs. 

I hate to do this to you, but:

Also, remember that harvest is right fucking now here in the midwest. This is a very important time of year for JD for parts sales.

Great opportunity to open a small engine repair business in CA. What was once looked at as disposable will probably be repaired now. 

Going to start seeing a lot of 24.5 hp commercial lawn equipment. 

I daily a 6,000 lb F-150 that does 0-60 three tenths faster than that. 

Also slow as molasses, so this checks out. 

Here’s how I look at it:

When I was graduating engineering school I had a job offer from an HVAC firm that would have been a great gig. They had multiple great perks, one of which was a company provided car.

Here, let me fix that for you

Had one as a rental car. Easily, and I mean easily, the worst vehicle I’ve ever had the misfortune of experiencing.

“Fledgling automaker loads 1st gen vehicle with massive amount of complex technology”