Comments by "Matthew Nirenberg" (@matthewnirenberg) on "This Energy Company Just Put Out A Warning On Coming Supply Shocks... (ExxonMobil)" video.

@luismanzanos7058 That's the biggest lie I've ever heard, you like the government claim that but in the last 20yrs its never once been proven true anywhere in the world. The same few engineers who made the robots/automation maintain it whilst the people who were made redundant lose their jobs and have nothing. The problem is that 10 people can product 1000 robots in a month by using automation themselves and they can service every robot/automation required as very little, if any is required. Servers can be fixed remotely and its extremely rare that hardware needs changing. Robots that are used in automation don't need physical servicing more than once a year. Simply put a few servers can put everyone in an office out of a job - especially now that ChatGPT works extremely well and that machine learning is so cheap and accurate. Entire manufacturing facilities can be automated with a few servers, a few pick and place robots and PLC's. I know - I've literally done this as a Control Engineer. 1000 people were made permanently redundant by the company as there weren't any jobs to move those people to. What and where are these millions of jobs that you claim get produced? You need to quit lying to yourself and to everyone else - there are no new jobs as modern technology can made 99.95% of people redundant.
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@bunberrier Generally only Mechanical Engineers who are Control certified are allowed to do that however the issue isn't in getting qualified - the issue is that there is already more than enough qualified engineers who can maintain and service automation. It only takes one or two people to service an entire facility as the equipment is extremely reliable, centrally controlled by servers and physical maintenance is extremely rare and parts are easily replaced. Automation has only ever destroyed jobs and reduced the overall number of people needed. It only takes two people to automate an entire office with servers and those same two people can automate an entire manufacturing facility with CNC equipment, pick and place robots, automatic conveyors and PLC's. That's literally over 1000 people made redundant at a single facility. The govt and morons claim that its creating new jobs yet I haven't seen a single new job created as a result of automation taking jobs away.
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In Australia we're hearing the same BS from the media. They're lying and trying to gaslight everyone that everything is better than ever. The reality is the opposite. The easiest way to spot the lies is if you watch the news, note how zoomed in the camera is on the presenter so you can't see the empty shopping centre behind the presenter. In Australia, most businesses went broke thanks to the restrictions, especially in Victoria where they had the longest lockdown outside of China. Also in Australia the depression will be exponentially worse as the things that are being bought are mostly being bought with debt such as credit cards and Afterpay or PayPal's Pay-In-Four - I have a feeling that most people won't be able to pay their debts when the time comes and thus the depression when it fully hits will be exponentially worse than if people actually only spent what they could afford. Also it should be noted that food businesses and supermarkets are now letting people use Afterpay to buy food so its obvious how bad everything is but the media are only claiming the opposite.
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@homesteadgal4143 most weren't outsourced but only a mere handful of people were required so 99% lost their jobs. Outsourcing was a pre-full automation measure mostly in the 90's and early 2000's. By 2010 even the outsourced were made redundant by servers and automation.
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@homesteadgal4143 I've done my research the US doesn't outsource much work. They automated everything and resorted to buying in completed products which isn't outsourcing, that's being a retailer. Outsourcing is when a company operates in one country but employs people in another which barely happens in the US as most businesses became retailers and thus don't employ people abroad.
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@homesteadgal4143 That's literally importing, not outsourcing. Outsourcing is exclusively a term for a company moving its staff or production abroad (note that the production must be 100% owned and operated by the same company). What you are describing is importing as the product is 100% independent of the company inside the US. So take your own advice and do the research. The US is a primary importer however they have almost zero outsourcing of jobs. The topic was never about goods - only jobs.
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