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Destin Sandlin examines the systemic engineering and economic hurdles involved in manufacturing a grill scrubber entirely in America. Through a deep dive into sourcing components like injection-molded knobs and specialized chain mail, the project highlights the complexities of maintaining domestic supply chains and preserving vital technical trade skills in a competitive global market.
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Is that a problem? Why would you want something made in america in the first place. I know more people avoiding products because they are made in America rather than buying them because they are.
This is an overall look at macroeconomic influences and how greed/capitalism are affecting them.
From a solarpunk perspective, it makes sense to Buy it for life or buy local. This video documents the factors that make that harder and harder.
Wouldn’t it make more sense not to buy a grill scrubber in the first place? Sounds like a product in search of a problem.
Had loads of BBQs over the years and not once seen something stuck to the grill in such a way that it needs to be scrubbed off.
Gross. Clean your grill, bro.
I personally use a wooden one.
Fire cleans all, the few bits that don’t burn off don’t require scrubbing, a gentle touch with absolutely anything would work. Like a stick.
Enjoy your stomach cancer.
Is there any evidence to support that it makes any difference? Have heard cooking food over a fire can in general, not aware of it depending on how you cleaned the grill half an hour before cooking on it.
Don’t know about evidence, but the residue on a dirty grill is deposited smoke and soot and charred/carbonized food remnants.
It’s like you put an air filter over a fire that filters out the carcinogens, and then started licking the carcinogen-filled side of the air filter.
Valid point IMO. Not buying something is the better choice very often!
Sure, why waste money on toilet paper?
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And you cant move production back because the people who know how to, are dead
That’s kinda bullshit. China had no EV industry 15 years ago, until Tesla came over and showed them how to do it. Within a decade of Elon laughing at the idea of Chinese EVs, they caught up and passed him fast. They have done this again and again and again, usually with US investment. Apple spent more money in China than the Marshall plan, inflation corrected.
You can’t move production back because:
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No US manufacturing can afford US health insurance.
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US manufacturing prioritizes 7 and 8, 9 figure executive compensation over R&D, the exact opposite of China.
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US education is so expensive, previous STEM grads have to work in finance or die of starvation. Or become social media influencers.
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various political bullshit can interfere with your producs price. Like tariffs, general trade war
You mean like America is doing?
This entire series boils down to Destin finding this simple thing out again and again.
If you want to assemble a bunch of low value inputs into a finished product, America isn’t manufacturing the low value inputs.
Basically every step along the way he has tried to make his business buying a bunch of American made low value inputs and then paying a room of college aged kids to assemble them into a high value product. And he keeps finding the same answer, you can buy your inputs from overseas or make them yourself.
This video series is frustrating. Even if you need a chainmail grill scrubber, you can buy then for $29 (with tariffs) and this clown wants $60. Clearly, he has no clue about engineering, product design or a business plan. You want to support US industry, be prepared for 2-3x the costs and no innovation. The whole premise is he is making something innovative or better, neither is true. Gadgets cannot fuel an economy.
This guy runs a STEM education channel, and the best product he can imagine is a grill scrubber. Weak.
Idk whats worse, that you either watched the whole thing and still went “whoosh” or that you hardly watched it at all and unsurprisingly missed the point of the video