Look, no government should provide subsides IMO, no matter what. They distort the market and just rebound in not necessarily good ways.
Having said that, the whole issue is more "meta" than that. Amazon bailed because in large part because of the extremely poor treatment they'd been getting, the attacks on their business practices (right or wrong), and the way the whole environment had just been "soured". It's not at all hard to believe that they just looked at the increasingly unfriendly environment around the whole thing and decided to just bail for friendlier territory.
Bad for New York. Good for another state...and hopefully said state does not offer subsides and the like.
For the sake of the conspiracy folk let's allow as it is actually double that, so $1.4T.
So then if we halve that we're back down to our $700B.
OAC's bill has an estimate cost of $4.1T. That has been widely criticized as too little, and estimates I could find online range from $14T to $50T over 10 years:
Since these numbers are obviously off the cuff I went ahead and took the average of $25.66T over 10 years.
This means confiscating the $700B for the first year that the AC above suggested would account for approximately 3.5% of the cost. At that rate it would take around 35 years to recoup the costs.
Not to mention that catastrophic impacts on the men and women who WORK in the DoD, disruption of every line of industry who makes and supplies equipment to them, etc. Many businesses would probably be severely impacted if not completely out of business.
TLDR: The AC who suggested cutting the military budget in half for a year has zero understanding of what that would do or cost.
They'll likely get it done effectively too. Not that I think it's all THAT hard to do "self driving" when it's a train, but it can certainly adjust speed and such to accommodate realtime feedback.
That was THE store to go to when I was a kid at the mall....the sheer volume of stuff, the acres of floorspace, the huge display of lights at Christmas! Awesome times, awesome store.
> Non-renewable resources were always a limited supply
You do realize that those solar panels and windmills use a lot of those "non-renewable resources", right?
Until we get out into the solar system of course. There's a nigh infinite supply just waiting for us Out There....including hydrocarbons, by a quirk of fate.
On a small volcanic island with somewhat limited space for something like solar and wind nuclear is far and away the best method of providing solid, reliable electricity.
Go ahead, build your tech and suck out the CO2 as much as you can. I should think Steyer and perhaps Greenpeace could pool their resources if they really believe it's important. "Deeds not words" was one of the mottos of my clan, back in the day.
Slashdot Mirror
^^^^^^^^^^^^^(this)^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Ferret
You do know it's called a test for a reason, right?
Ferret
Looks pretty good to me, actually.
Ferret
Look, no government should provide subsides IMO, no matter what. They distort the market and just rebound in not necessarily good ways.
Having said that, the whole issue is more "meta" than that. Amazon bailed because in large part because of the extremely poor treatment they'd been getting, the attacks on their business practices (right or wrong), and the way the whole environment had just been "soured". It's not at all hard to believe that they just looked at the increasingly unfriendly environment around the whole thing and decided to just bail for friendlier territory.
Bad for New York. Good for another state...and hopefully said state does not offer subsides and the like.
Ferret
Well, I think that timeline is unlikely but sure, it's possible. Particularly if we (ever) get fusion practical.
Ferret
Turning what is otherwise waste into something *useful* is definitely a plus.
Ferret
The 2018 US Military Budget was right at $700B:
https://militarybenefits.info/...
For the sake of the conspiracy folk let's allow as it is actually double that, so $1.4T.
So then if we halve that we're back down to our $700B.
OAC's bill has an estimate cost of $4.1T. That has been widely criticized as too little, and estimates I could find online range from $14T to $50T over 10 years:
https://reason.com/blog/2019/0...
https://pjmedia.com/trending/o...
https://www.huffingtonpost.com...
Since these numbers are obviously off the cuff I went ahead and took the average of $25.66T over 10 years.
This means confiscating the $700B for the first year that the AC above suggested would account for approximately 3.5% of the cost. At that rate it would take around 35 years to recoup the costs.
Not to mention that catastrophic impacts on the men and women who WORK in the DoD, disruption of every line of industry who makes and supplies equipment to them, etc. Many businesses would probably be severely impacted if not completely out of business.
TLDR: The AC who suggested cutting the military budget in half for a year has zero understanding of what that would do or cost.
Ferret
Heavy capacity, small footprint, easily scalable.
Ferret
...that doesn't mean people want to PAY much to somehow fix/mitigate it. Look to France to see what happens when you try to tax people.
Ferret
I imagine he was rather disappointed with where our space program is at the moment though. Can't say as I blame him.
It'll happen eventually though.
Ferret
Funny you should ask that:
https://www.dallasobserver.com...
Ferret
Not only lots of jobs, but electric vehicles as well.....well done VW!
Ferret
Don't reckon I'm gonna allow that, nope.
Ferret
It might surprise me, probably won't. We'll see.
Ferret
They'll likely get it done effectively too. Not that I think it's all THAT hard to do "self driving" when it's a train, but it can certainly adjust speed and such to accommodate realtime feedback.
Ferret
That was THE store to go to when I was a kid at the mall....the sheer volume of stuff, the acres of floorspace, the huge display of lights at Christmas! Awesome times, awesome store.
They didn't adapt quickly enough, sadly.
Ferret
Yep. I simply could not stand the hyper-snarky, too-clever-by-half "it's about time" promos....
Ferret
You did it to yourselves, California.
You can fix it.
God help you, but I don't think you're going to.
Ferret
He can start producing a lower cost version of his car (let's call it the Model T) that shave a zero off those pricetags as a car "for the masses".
This is what Henry Ford did with HIS Model T; this is what Musk could do.
Ferret
> Non-renewable resources were always a limited supply
You do realize that those solar panels and windmills use a lot of those "non-renewable resources", right?
Until we get out into the solar system of course. There's a nigh infinite supply just waiting for us Out There....including hydrocarbons, by a quirk of fate.
Ferret
....says that not accepting cash is perfectly fine:
https://www.expertlaw.com/libr...
For myself I wouldn't bother to do business with such an establishment, but hey.....it's a free country.
Ferret
On a small volcanic island with somewhat limited space for something like solar and wind nuclear is far and away the best method of providing solid, reliable electricity.
Ferret
I hope this pans out....a space elevator would simplify access dramatically assuming environmental issues are worked out.
Ferret
Go ahead, build your tech and suck out the CO2 as much as you can. I should think Steyer and perhaps Greenpeace could pool their resources if they really believe it's important. "Deeds not words" was one of the mottos of my clan, back in the day.
Ferret
....to be fair the Alarmists have tried saying everything else will increase in cost/die off/etc., so why not beer?
Ferret