Trade is pretty irrelevant. The US buys iPhones in exchange for soybeans, airplanes and overpriced tractors. Although these might be valued in some way they are not necessary goods that run infrastructure.
Minority persons are at high risk of COVID. Since the modern hiphop culture has a lot of these people it is not surprising they have so many cases. Food shortages are just one reason. Also, drugs. These are all broad social phenomena exacerbated in societal collapse.
Wind turbines are placed under high stress, and the larger and more modern turbines are under the greatest stress. An obscure landfill in Wyoming has 800 blades.
If that’s in the middle of nowhere you can imagine how quickly turbines die considering the us has only 60k turbines and most are relatively recent. Roads dont produce massive landfills of delicate components.
It is very common for businesses to not report cash to avoid taxes. In sna Francisco many stores charge extra for card. Cash is the least reported.