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Comment Re: You sunk my battleship (Score 1) 439

Report: Chinese Navy’s Fleet Will Outnumber U.S. by 2020

You need to stay up on facts, and not just on BS.
China remains a dictatorship and outside of exports, they are a communist economy. The military build-up is the largest that the world has EVER seen. Not even Hitler grew his military this fast.

Comment Re:Gullible people (Score 3, Interesting) 131

Let me see if I understand this right.
1) You are so scared of the guy that you do not show your login.
2) Here is a guy that has been critical to 5 companies being successful, but he is a PR firm.
3) how many entrepreneurs have 5 of 5 companies be successes?
4) how many entrepeneurs can you list that were critical in changing society in 3 companies, let alone 4?

So, why are you so afraid to face facts? Why are you so afraid to show who you are? My guess is that you are simply another troll that is paid to lie here.

Comment Re: You sunk my battleship (Score 1) 439

First off, the new reactor have lifetimes of 30-50 with no refuel. Look up the S9G reactor. Secondly, within 5 years, China will have a navy with far more ships than america. Third, the world, esp america, is not at peace. For all intents and purposes, we are currently in WW3. Fourth, by going to small ships, you need a lot of them. In addition, by building them small, more single mission, it means much lower costs. Think of spacex with their new rockets and SATs.

Comment Re:Norway (Score 1) 215

how funny.
By offering up a subsidy on EVs that will charge at nighttime, it would help drop America demand for oil which would lower YOUR price for your ICE car.
In addition, by that EV charging at nighttime, it would either lower the price of electricity or keep it from increasing. The reason is that the utility would get to sell more of their electricity, but at a time that they normally do not have customers.
So, the subsidies to get GOOD EVs being built will come back in aces for all of us.
And yet, ppl like you would rather continue to subsidize oil/nat gas/etc. to the billions / year that we currently do.

Comment Re:And not quite accurate (Score 1) 215

Yes, it would increase a bit. Not much. The reason is that nearly all utilities would remain on baseload powers, rather than on-demand systems (which are expensive). BUT, the price of electricity would either remain the same (i.e. no inflation) or even go down, because the costs of the grid and baseload is better utilized around the clock.

Comment Re:Not quite comparable (Score 1) 215

Nope.
Once we stop subsidizing oil/gas/coal, then our total bill will go up for sometime while the economy re-adjust to real expensive oil/nat gas. The good news is that in less than 10 years, we would be importing no extra energy, and our taxes would be way down.

Sadly, we could make it so that we imported no energy in less than 5 years with some smart policies. And at the same time, cut our co2 emissions sot hat few can claim that America is the big polluter (we are not, China is; but the refrain will not go away ).

Comment Re:You sunk my battleship (Score 1) 439

I think that the real problem with the zumwalt is that it is too big, meant to do too many things, and is based on diesel.
The DDx should be a cruiser, powered by a small nuke that lasts 30-50 years, has railgun/lasers, and then has the ability to handle mission specific items. They should require no more than a crew of 50 or less to run the normal systems.
And most of all, we should be building those, like we built the liberty ships. Lots of them.

Comment Re: Not quite comparable (Score 1) 215

No, the Model X is rated to hold 8 adults: 2 in front, 3 in the middle and 3 in the back. Yes, it can easily hold 2 mastiffs which I seriously doubt that you own
And the X will have 691 hp and 687 lb. ft. And that torque is at 0 MPH. IOW, it is right where you need it. In addition, the motors will not only be liquid cooled, but will actually have an active heat exchanger since it is expected to pull a great deal more than something like a suburban (which is pretty much a junk vehicle designed to carry a bunch of brats for suburban moms ).

And as to the grid, get real. Multiple studies have been done. Other than in the northwest, the grid is rock solid to handle moving 100% of America's vehicles over to it, as long as not more than 15% are charged in the daytime (which is why I hate hybrids).

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