and if the chinese or the european markets collapsed, so would ours. we simply do not have the cash flow or physical space for that matter to harvest the needed resources, manufacture the product, and sell it to ourselves. Perfect example of that, Oil. We simply cannot self sustain on the Oil in the United States. We can for a while, dont get me wrong, but what, 10 years? And you think oil prices are bad now, wait a year or two if that happens, noone will be able to afford to drive anymore. That is the point of a global economy, goods and services from one location to another. to think that the world revolves around the US is pure arrogance.