America is involved in a trade war and will suffer losses, as will every nation on the planet. But it is worth examining what can be done to minimize problems.

An interesting topic for readers is tied to oil-and-gas production. Why? Because U.S. manufacturing companies making metal pipes and materials/machines to produce, transport and process these fossil fuels is a major activity in our world.

Most readers make stuff from metals or make equipment to make that stuff. So, let’s look at what and where we get some of the more unusual metals, most of which are scarce and costly.

Some readers could help the U.S. and the world by manufacturing a different kind of furnace. Let me explain.

The National Association of Manufacturers promotes many facts about our manufacturing sector.

This column has addressed issues of climate change four times in the past 11 years. Let’s do it again, but this time get to the factual heart of it.

A paper titled “How Perception of Fossil Fuel Futures Have Evolved,” which was published in late February, is unpopular with climate-change advocates across the country.

In April 2006, this column described the origins of the iron industry in America. Then, in April 2018, Industrial Heating’s cover story was about blacksmithing.

It was a year ago (March 2018) that this column addressed the need for Congressional term limits, something the public overwhelmingly endorses.

Manufacturers of all types account for approximately one-third of GDP and national employment. For every employee in the industrial base, four others are employed elsewhere based on that manufacturing output.