Amid disruption from the Iran war, China has banned exports of sulphuric acid, a crucial component used to treat drinking water, refine petroleum and make batteries, clothing and phosphate fertilisers.
The US has neutered the EPA and cancelled a lot of safe water regulations, scrapped most domestic battery manufacturing plans, and import most of their fertilizer ingredients under a supply chain choked by tariffs or war.
Great news for the US, outside of petroleum refining, they don’t do any of this.
Purify drinking water, produce batteries, and nitrogen enrichment?
The US has neutered the EPA and cancelled a lot of safe water regulations, scrapped most domestic battery manufacturing plans, and import most of their fertilizer ingredients under a supply chain choked by tariffs or war.
used a lot in metalworking and fab.