«Meanwhile, in mature markets like the US
where tablets have been shipping in large
volumes since 2010 and are already well established, we're less concerned about big phones cannibalising
shipments and more worried about market saturation.»
Recognizing that even in a world
where energy is constrained / more expensive there will always be a certain
volume of goods traded globally, due to they being only able to be produced in certain locations by virtue of geographical and climatic conditions, as well as comparative advantage still standing, greater localization and regionalization of production and trade would reduce fuel usage — provided that
shipment of those goods was done via train or inland waterway, not trucks.