Look into Tritium based reactors. The half-life is much shorter. With PV and battery storage, we also have the issue of "rare earth" minerals. I'd also be concerned about the life span of PV panels.

Amtrak's site says that it's a 5-hour 40-minute trip one way with very limited departure times. STL to KC you'd have under an hour if you are trying to avoid a hotel. KC to STL you'd have about 2 hours. Not much time if you have a meeting that's not near the station. If the technology works, it has the potential to replace most domestic flights. They would build STL/KC if for no other reason then its the best route between the east coast and west coast is along I-70 and adding potential stops in several large metros along the way.

Right now, it's about a 3-4 hour trip by car. If you have business in the other, which happens all the time, it either means you have a very long day driving back or have to spend money on a hotel. They are really too close to fly economically and with security wait times, probably better off driving. If it gets built and works, this would be a great base to expand off of. Denver is a 9-hour drive west on I-70 from Kansas CIty. Expanding to Dallas via Oklahoma City and Witchita wouldn't be much of a stretch either using the I-35 easments. Chicago and/or Indianapolis could be targets to expand to from St. Louis. Denver, Dallas, and Chicago are in the 3 of the 4 other US routes being considered. Kansas City and St. Louis are connected via I-70 which has a large easement and not a lot of development nearby outside of both metros with the exception of Colombia. So it could be built above ground without many obstacles.

I've been asked why the room is too hot/cold before.

I've had to help with laminators and overhead projectors (the old kind that uses a mirror and a bulb)

Often I've gotten a ticket to help someone hooking up the computer and find out they moved the desk and computer to the other side of the room from the network connections so we have to move everything.

Only two total have served 10 years. One of them was J. Edgar Hoover. This actually looks rather typical based on history. Let the current ride for a few months and switch part way into the first year.

So we will soon have Gattaca? https://www.themoviedb.org/mov...

Its all about who the stakeholders are. Banks are for profit and normally have stock or ownership of some sort. Anyone can open an account. Credit Unions are not for profit. One of the credit unions I have an account at gives a dividend payment every year based on how much in savings and other accounts you have. Also, most credit unions are restricted in membership. One of my two credit unions is restricted by county that I live in, I think it covers a few in the metro. The other is based on where I work. The not for profit generally means better interest rates on savings accounts and lower rates on loans. At the regional credit union, i still have a debit card and online banking with bill pay. They even have an app. They even have more local branches, including a few in one of the major grocery store chains in the metro. ~An informed millenial

You didn't need any more than that.

with two or more wifi AP? I haven't seen consumer level do that. Enterprise does this but not a router that you picked up at your local Best Buy.

They also get a Service Level Agreement. If your home internet connection goes down, AT&T might be out next week to fix it, business and enterprise class services, might be on the way before you hang up the phone. This is the biggest reason they cost more as well. I got to call Dell once on a server with a bad memory module, server was still running, had a guy at our door in a few hours to put the new one in.

I'd be shocked if they are unless its very rural and that's the only option. It may feel like its a T1 when using if they haven't kept up with demand.

Not how E-rate works. Schools get a reimbursement or discount on services based on Free and Reduced lunch percentage from the previous year. It looks like Orange County's rate is 61% so they probably had to pay about $40k So if the FCC was screwed then so was the school district.

It doesn't say anything about any of this money going to the schools. It says ATT will have to repay the reimbursement from the FCC plus 106k fine. It doesn't even say if the money will go into E-Rate. I'd hope that at least what ever the school districts out of pocket expense is refunded.