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"I don't agree with this, completely. Look how man automotive giant has moved production out of their homeland. Pretty much every brand has or is building assembly plants in Mexico. BMW and Toyota assemble in the US, plenty in Canada also".

They are building plants in Mexico because of NAFTA.

"Europe had done a fine job of "learning how to manufacture" Much of our engine manufacturing and assembly technology has been borrowed from Japan and Germany".

That is not manufacturing, and confuses the issue. That is engineering. You mean the robots used on an assembly line, created by Henry Ford?

"I'm not convinced tax payers should continue to pay to keep manufacturing in the US. Seems like that is what happened with Carrier. Tax payers in Indiana got hit twice, state tax revenue going to Carrier and federal tax dollars. AND they keep their
lucrative government and defense contracts which are tax dollars".

Tax payers, and employees are one and the same.

"How many more corporations will line up for these sweetheart deals? Isn't it a thinly disguised taxpayer bailout"?

As I said in an earlier post.....Corporations have been doing it on a state and local level for at least 20 years. The deals at those levels have been poorly thought out by politicians and amounted to giving money away. We can only hope that a business-like approach will garner better results.

In answer to the rest of your post...........NAFTA

ChrisJ said "What caused the flue gas to spill into a home?"


Let me count the ways...

Jenn-Aire grill creating negative pressure, causing flue gases to be drawn to point of negative pressure.

Whole house exhaust fans doing the same thing.

Solid fuel appliance creating so much negative pressure in its chimney that it causes back drafting of gas appliances.

Roofers taking a break on the roof decides to sit on the mushroom cap, collapsing it.

Inexperienced workers dry fitting PVC venting system together for modcon boiler.

Boilers sooted up during construction due to inhaling sheetrock dust, blocking flue gas passage ways with carbon and causing major rollout.

Solid fuel converted appliances with no barometric damper to control draft, causing major spillage.

Severe winds causing the "shower curtain" effect, negating negative pressure and causing spillage from the draft hood.

"Carbon monoxide leaks" are a TV phrase which means in most cases they really don't know what caused it, but the blue bodies are a dead give away that it was CO poisoning. In most cases, the conditions that caused the "leak" self corrected before help arrived.

And these are just the ones that I am familiar with. I'm sure Jim and Tim can probably add plenty to the potentials.

It's not something to be taken lightly, and is the most preventable means of death and inadvertent poisoning.

ME

Don't get me wrong, you're the one that said a manufacturer said to use spit.

I don't trust the "use only our brand of lubricant". I do see @hot rod 's point though when it comes to something going wrong. This is why I asked.

This doesn't mean I don't take CO seriously.


My networked CO detectors are slowly spreading and I have one only a few feet from the water heater and boiler. I also make modifications with great caution when it comes to repairing drafts because I realize I need a lot of air for the boiler and water heater.