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Mike Erickson: “Prices are going up, there's a lack of copper out there…”

Featuring: Mike Erickson, Former Candidate, U.S. House Oregon, District 6

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November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6

Published | Video Starts at 28:06

I have friends that build all the windmills and all that so forth in there, and they're part of their business, and they can go put these windmill farms up and things. But it takes years to the connectivity, the copper wires, the things. Prices are going up, there's a lack of copper out there, world demand for certain products. So there are some real problems out there that we need to address. And I know Biden's done some things on that connectivity, but we need to be really stronger solutions and the technology. (28:06–28:11)

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Asserts that prices are increasing due to a lack of copper and global demand for certain products.

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