When growth resumed, idle plant and workers could easily be brought back into action.

ECONOMIST: Argentina

There is little threat of inflation because the economy has lots of idle plant and jobless workers.

ECONOMIST: Venezuela on a gusher

However, with high unemployment and idle plant and equipment, no one can reasonably argue that these dangers are imminent.

FORBES: It Is Impossible For The US To Default

In November, it will be moved to a plant in Michigan, leaving Spring Hill's plant idle.

CNN: Saturn's hometown stunned over brand's demise

When demand for the plant's batteries didn't meet expectations, the company filled orders with cells made at a factory in South Korea, leaving the Michigan plant largely idle, according to the report by the Department of Energy's Inspector General, Gregory Friedman.

WSJ: U.S. Grant Helped Pay for Idle Time at Battery Factory

K5 more than two years behind the Pentium, and the Austin plant lay largely idle.

ECONOMIST: Semiconductors

Technically, Ford will have to negotiate with the UAW to close the plant, though the company is allowed to let it sit idle.

NPR: Workers at Missouri Ford Plant Face Shutdown