Agriculture Chapter 12

Extra Credit:

Shipping container houses have many advantages. They are a relatively cheep alternative to building an entire framework for a house. They are hard for the shipping company to dispose of so you can buy them for around 5,000 and they will deliver it to your desired location. They provide strong structures and easy to add onto an existing structure to bring a unique look to any home. 


Article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/20/fracking-campaign-contributions_n_4311016.html

The Fracking industry wants pro-fracking politicians in office to support their growing industry, but in order to get these politicians into office the industry needed to up their donations, so they nearly quadrupled there political donations from the previous year then republican candidates received over 12 million dollars in donations.

Map:

I chose Russia for my map because it is the worlds number one producer of oil and it has several regions of major industrial activity. 

Essay:

Readings:
“Chapter 12: Industry and Services,” Human Geography
“Services: The Next Big Thing,” The Economist

Essay Question: Why is outsourcing bad for our economy and why is it starting to stop?

The goal of every company is to make a profit. Since the beginning of industry companies have always been trying to improve their profit. Almost every large company has special employees purely dedicated to making sure the company is run as efficiently as possible. Decades ago some of these such employees and administrators realized that the cost of labor was much higher in the United States than it was in other countries such as India. In order to take advantage of this difference in labor cost many companies began to shut down their american factories and technical support call centers and moved them overseas this process is called Outsourcing.

Due to the vast difference in labor cost companies were willing to pay a little more money to transport their goods from overseas and disregard The Friction of Distance. Outsourcing became the obvious and smartest thing to do for many companies to improve their profits, however it was not so helpful for the American Economy. Outsourcing or Offshoring meant that American workers would loose their jobs to people on the other side of the world and the out flow of us money from our economy into that of other countries around the world began to be noticeable after several years. To stop companies from outsourcing the government created high taxes for all goods made out of the United States which drove some companies back. In more recent years the factors that have driven companies back however where not the terrifs on goods, but the raise in wages in other countries and the american people themselves. Many consumers have recently expressed anger about having to talk with people not in their country for tech support and goods not being made closer to home. Although many call centers have started training for their employees to perfect American accents to fool the consumer, many companies have also begun to move back home. Another factor that has driven companies back to the US is that the difference in labor cost is starting to dissolve and it is quickly becoming almost equally as expensive to have call centers in the US as it is in India. Additionally many companies appreciate american ideas and think that bringing their agglomeration back into the US might bring new innovative ideas that are closer to what America needs.