Besides feared shortfalls in crude oil capacity, the status of world refining capacity has become worrisome as well,
A continuation of this trend would soon make the lack of refining capacity a binding constraint on growth in oil use, ... lagging.
The capacity of workers, after being displaced, to find a new job that will eventually provide nearly comparable pay most often depends on the general knowledge of the worker and the ability of that individual to learn new skills,
Manufacturing capacity is not a rigid level against which one bounces. When you are dealing with a world economy, with a flexibility to employ production facilities other than one's own, then the concept of capacity is vaguer.
Nobody has the capacity to fathom fully how the effects of the tragedy of Sept. 11 will play out in our economy,