Been wondering how much of an explosion and debris risk is posed by the SpaceX plan to refuel in space

How would Elon pay this 99.9% on the value of his assets over $250M? He doesn't have that in cash. He couldn't get it unless he sold his share of SpaceX to other people, but nobody else could or would buy it because you took 99.9% of their assets too. So maybe it goes into some massive mutual fund that has to have $1T in cash they are willing to buy the company with, but there are only a couple of those and if they tried to liquidate $1T in assets to get the cash the market would melt down.

The government buys goods and services from thousands of vendors. SpaceX is one of them. That's not socialism.

That article just says "Recent studies show modern EVs can reach lifespans of 15–20 years,". It doesn't have any statistics on actual longevity or define what lifespan even means. One of the sources says "When we expanded the study in 2025, the average capacity loss had returned to 2.3% per year across the 21 make-models. This means the average battery is projected to have 81.6% of its original capacity (state of health or SOH) after eight years."

So it depends on what you think "lifespan" means. My iPhone recommends battery replacement at 80% capacity. Based on the above your EV battery will cross that threshold in 9 years.

About what?
The limits of DOGE power?
What presidential candidates have promised to do about waste, fraud, and abuse?
That cuts were made?
That the poster is a nutcase?

DOGE didn't have the power to cut anything. It had the power to look for waste, fraud, and abuse, and recommend cuts. Every administration has promised to cut waste, fraud, and abuse. This time cuts actually happened.

Modded -1 doesn't prevent anyone from reading your insanity.

I've used my iFixit toolkit to replace batteries and screens on Apple devices for years. So the tools and parts are already available to do your own repairs.

Here's the US solar growth numbers from the same report: https://ember-energy.org/lates...

The US has barely touched civilian infrastructure because that isn't the goal. They could destroy the place if they wanted to.

The US has used a tiny fraction of its power in Iran. They could bomb the place into rubble if they wanted to, but that isn't the goal. The goals are: No nuclear weapons, stop funding terrorists all over the world, stop threatening their neighbors and international shipping. Iran has a well educated population and natural resources that would make them a very prosperous country but they are ruled by thugs.

James Bond died in the last one, so maybe this is his dead corpse getting resurrected or something

This is a completely retarded take. 25 GW of generating capacity were added in 2025, and 86 GW will be added in 2026. https://www.eia.gov/todayinene... But the data centers and other demands are growing fast too: https://www.eia.gov/todayinene...

Our civilization is doing just fine, and female sports divisions are for females only. Males can always compete in male sports divisions or coed sports.

Every year the project cost increases by billions while little gets done. Next year it will jump again.

In my area all the high-performing kids are going to Kuman and getting more homework to do. All the kids in honors classes are getting more homework to do.
Getting rid of homework is not the ticket to success.

My understanding is offshore wind is only viable with taxpayer subsidies and guaranteed high electric rates. Do you have examples where offshore wind produces cheap energy?