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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Oh we're going to get embargoed

[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

I'm trying to decide what black market US goods are going to be the most profitable, asides from guns. Bourbon maybe?

[–] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 hours ago

My ancestors were rum runners. I think I'll run eggs south.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 2 points 11 hours ago

The US does not produce much that is not available from Canada, Mexico, or Asia.

You have to go to Europe to buy aircraft.

The US is a service economy. Are you going to black market software or cloud services?

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Electronics for sure. Phones most likely top of that list.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Those are made overseas, what you want is goods that can only be made here vs CA like tropical fruits (oranges, limes).

[–] Someone@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Citrus are actually viable in BC, it's just never been worth building greenhouses for them when we got good cheap fruits from the states.

[–] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Citrus is viable in loads of places in greenhouses if we build the proper infrastructure. Greenhouses with heated soil from geothermal is widely possible throughout the country. Added to greenhouses constructed to take advantage of solar energy as well. The technology exists it just is cost prohibitive at this time. That doesn't matter if you're rebuilding an economy to be self sustainable. You are going to incur lots of debt in the process. We built custom greenhouses for years where we live and are almost completely self sufficient in vegetables, eggs and meat protien for our family as well as my father and sister's families.

Put those in the appropriate sunny places and you can grow whatever you like with very little energy input.

If you add in removing foreign ownership from farmland and rebuilding the soils in growing zones as well as designating areas specifically designated for the appropriate crops you suddenly have the start of a sustainable system. Lots of work. Lots of upheaval. But in the long term a desired outcome from the chaos.