Comment by ksec

>You cannot just let your machines run faster. You also need input materials, workers and logistics to scale accordingly, which is often not possible.

It is not about getting machines to run faster, it is about buying new machines setting up a whole new line. And the ROI will never make sense until the scale and price reach certain point.

>Please show sources.

You can literally apply the same theory across all commodity industry. The problem is supply Chain was never understood by wider audience.