The following quote from Sen. Jeff Bingaman is a motivation for studying manufacturing, because it explains the consequences of losing domestic manufacturing share
Although the U.S. is one of the greatest sources of
innovation in the world today, "it's not clear we are going to reap the benefits
of that innovation, or even retain the advantage we have in that innovation,"In the ever-changing and highly competitive environment of
high technology, the research and development necessarily follows the
manufacturing, and before long the next generation of technologies are being
developed overseas as well as the manufacturing occurring overseas. We've seen
this scenario play out in such industries as televisions and consumer
electronics and, in my view, it would be tragic if it happened again in the
technology areas important to our energy
future."
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M, testimony March 13, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
quoted from article in SNL, Independent DOE loan reviewer backs Chu's
subordination of Solyndra loan, http://www.snl.com/
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