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Jethro Gibbs
8th Aug 2014, 09:13
Rumour Boeing was looking at Ford Factory's in Melbourne & Geelong anyone else hear this one .

Pontius
8th Aug 2014, 09:19
They were looking at Ford Factory's what?

Blueskymine
8th Aug 2014, 09:28
Good place to build some 737s without getting rat ****** by the people to the north :)

down3gr33ns
8th Aug 2014, 09:53
Too subtle, Pontious.

insertnamehere
8th Aug 2014, 09:56
Is that Ford Fairlaine's dad?

Hempy
8th Aug 2014, 11:52
No, it's Ford Fairlaines dad....

Alloyboobtube
8th Aug 2014, 14:06
Im sure a factory and land package would be way cheaper in the motherland...

onetrack
9th Aug 2014, 00:13
When you have a big empty factory you no longer need, you try and flog it. Perhaps the true story actually was, the factory was offered to Boeing - not that Boeing expressed any interest in it, first.

Industrial manufacturing in Australia is dead. No-one in their right mind would manufacture here, simply because there's no advantage whatsoever, due to the ability of so many other nations that offer much cheaper workforces, more manufacturing incentives, and a larger local market for the product as well.

What Australia is good at, is high tech production of cutting edge technologies, advanced research, and innovation.
The current Liberal Govt shows up their paucity of intellect by cutting funding to the CSIRO, which is our greatest national asset.
The funding to the CSIRO needs to be doubled, to find and develop new technologies and new products, that the world clamours for.

Typically, the CSIRO has researched the use of super-capacitors to provide the needed boost for power spurts for electric vehicles. These super-capacitors could be the breakthrough that's needed to make electric-powered vehicles and perhaps even electric-powered aircraft, a viable proposition.

However, the current Govt is more interested in penny-pinching and providing big business with huge tax breaks and road-building jobs, rather than investing in crucial technical research for the future.

p.j.m
9th Aug 2014, 01:57
When you have a big empty factory you no longer need, you try and flog it.

Will never happen, labor in Australia is too expensive, just ask Ford!