Tracked forecast · watch-13-5
Skilled labor pipeline: the 349,000–499,000 electrician / high-voltage-technician shortage.
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- Chokepoint
- Skilled Labor — Electricians and high-voltage technicians able to build and commission the equipment above. (Rations quietly, project by project)
- Kill condition
- Training lead time is fixed at 4–5 years — this rations construction quietly regardless of capital available.
- Horizon
- Annually — ABC / ITIF releases
- Source
- Issue 13 — No Exit to Orbit · full issue
Why it is on the watchlist
A shortage of electricians and high-voltage technicians in the hundreds of thousands, with a fixed 4–5 year training pipeline, quietly rations construction no matter how much capital shows up.
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