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It’s amazing how much steel we produced in 1939.

USA = 51.4 million tons
Germany = 23.3 million tons
USSR = 18.8 million tons
UK = 13.2 million tons
France = 6.2 million tons
Japan = 5.8 million tons
Italy = 2.3 million tons

http://www.euronet.nl/users/wilfried/ww2/1939.htm

What happened to our steel industry?

What happened to our steel industry?

For the most part, steel was superseded in many applications by superior materials -- concrete, aluminum, plastic, fiberglass, etc.

For example, most auto bodies used to be 100% steel. Now, I'd be surprised if they're 25% steel.

According to a variety of sources, including "steelnet.com" the USA is producing about 100 million tons in 2011 that is a good bit of business when you consider how many steel mills have closed since 1939. China produces 3 times as much and Japan 30% more, we produce almost twice as much as Korea or Germany - two heavy industry competitors.

I am not a fan of false media stories, like America's manufacturing is hollow or the right wing is made up of racists and knuckledragging idiots. We need to work on getting people to work, to get more young people into manufacturing because the jobs are going without skilled employees. We also need some honest media.