The Fourth Industrial Revolution -- It's Not All About AI Or The Meta-verse -- January 12, 2022

With their US senator in the news, I really have a fond spot in my heart for West Virginia. LOL.

Now this. Good for them.

Last sentence of the article: 

West Virginia competed against our neighboring states, especially Ohio and Pennsylvania, to attract the company.

Story at this link:

West Virginia Govenor Jim Justice announced on Wednesday that Nucor Corporation has selected Mason County, West Virginia, as the location for a state-of-the-art sheet steel mill.

The record investment will exceed $2.7 billion, making it the largest in West Virginia history, as well as the largest single investment Nucor has ever made.

Nucor produces steel by recycling scrap metal in electric arc furnaces, making the company North America's largest recycler of any material.

A reader points out that this facility is going to use a lot of electricity.

Someone recently said "we're" in the fourth industrial revolution.

Memo to self, google fourth industrial revolution: I completely missed this.

• first: First Industrial Revolution -- Steam Power -- 1760 - 1840 -- transition from hand production to machines; water power and steam power;
• second: Technological Revolution --1871 - 1914 -- extensive railroad and telegraph networks
• third: Digital Revolution -- late 20th century -- the computer
• fourth: Fourth Industrial Revolution -- early 21st century -- CPS, IoT, AI, metaverse