The contractors they use are corporations which provide workers who are W-2 employees of those corporations. A true contractor is an independent 1099 worker who set rates, covers their own healthcare, retirement, etc. Don't confuse the two.
You have the implicit assumption that technology equates to doing things better. It does not. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Uber's way of doing things may not be better even if it does use technology.
"Number of people times the years they stay equals the amount of food you need. Etc. p.p."
The amount of calories is probably well established, 2200 KCal/day per person give or take. But how do you design a fully self-contained environment which can provided the needed calories to support a (hopefully) growing population? How much would you need in terms of materials and energy to make such a system work?
In other words, you can't cheat gravity or the laws of thermodynamics. No one seems to listen, but my initial assessment is that the shear amount of energy required to launch a viable space colony is going to be prohibitive. I have never seen a detailed mass and energy budget for a colony. When exploring the New World you know how far to go, how many supplies to take with you, you had tools you could use to extract resources to support a colony etc. And even then colonies failed.
Thought experiment: What is required to set up a viable colony? How many tons of food? How much equipment is required to build shelters? How much equipment must be sent up to extract needed resources? How many people must be sent up to have a viable gene pool? How much throw weight is required? How much energy? What is the overall costs in terms of global GDP?
We have a lot of people here, let's sketch some of this out. Simplifying assumption, that booster efficiency will increase by 25%.
Go ahead, give it a shot.. But in my case my gut tells me it will be huge.
And while we're at it, let's get rid of all that red tape for medical devices, commercial aircraft, architecture etc. Lets see how many people we can kill.
Read "The Road to Wellville". It is set during the great breakfast cereal and processed food boom in the 1890's. A pattern followed by the great railroad buildout, the automobile boom of the late 1800s to early 1900's, the tech boom ofthe 50's, 70's, 80's, 90's, and later. The oil boom, cattle boom, etc. Nothing ever changes.
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Many people who have a dgree will not trust a person without one. Except for the lowest skill jobs.
In the cases I have seen "contractors" have all been W-2s I should move to your part of the country, I hate being a W-2
The contractors they use are corporations which provide workers who are W-2 employees of those corporations. A true contractor is an independent 1099 worker who set rates, covers their own healthcare, retirement, etc. Don't confuse the two.
"That might be because the taxpayers do not have the collective-bargaining powers, when talking to the IRS"
Tat would be getting tens of thousands of voters to sign petitions and forming alliances with organizations like the Chamber of Commerce and NFIB.
You have the implicit assumption that technology equates to doing things better. It does not. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Uber's way of doing things may not be better even if it does use technology.
Smith had a few choice things to say about corporations too. His economics in fact does not work if you allow corporations to function.
The therapeutic uses I heard of have always coupled it with therapy in a group guided by an experienced professional.
It can help reduce prison recidivism. See http://www.psypost.org/2014/01...
The first studies on this were done in the 50's and 60's by Leary et. al. , who also pioneered the use of group therapy for prisoners.
It also seems to help alcoholics. If you google it up you will find that it has a huge potential for therapeutic use and Further research.
Despite growing evedence for useful applications of LSD it was banned in 1966 in a "Reefer Madness" like hysteria.
try a bottle of bourbon. 1 pint is approximately equal to 1/10th of a bottle of bourbon.
By spreading fear and creating a need for prisons for contractors, guards, cops, wardens, etc.
You forgot chicken sandwiches.
So what? That's just anopion, not a logical argument. Also the only reason criminals are involved in illegal drugs is because the drugs are illegal.
As a drug it is safer, at a pharmaceutical level of purity, than alcohol. However, street acid can be a bit spotting in terms of quality.
"Number of people times the years they stay equals the amount of food you need. Etc. p.p."
The amount of calories is probably well established, 2200 KCal/day per person give or take. But how do you design a fully self-contained environment which can provided the needed calories to support a (hopefully) growing population? How much would you need in terms of materials and energy to make such a system work?
It's been done:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Where are you getting $0.10 per KWH? The other poster gave some enlightening information on boosters and propellants please give us more details.
see my comment http://science.slashdot.org/co...
how much is all of this going to cost?
Your point is impossible to prove. However there are many technologies on record as having been rejected as they were considered too risky.
In other words, you can't cheat gravity or the laws of thermodynamics. No one seems to listen, but my initial assessment is that the shear amount of energy required to launch a viable space colony is going to be prohibitive. I have never seen a detailed mass and energy budget for a colony. When exploring the New World you know how far to go, how many supplies to take with you, you had tools you could use to extract resources to support a colony etc. And even then colonies failed.
Thought experiment:
What is required to set up a viable colony? How many tons of food? How much equipment is required to build shelters? How much equipment must be sent up to extract needed resources? How many people must be sent up to have a viable gene pool? How much throw weight is required? How much energy? What is the overall costs in terms of global GDP?
We have a lot of people here, let's sketch some of this out. Simplifying assumption, that booster efficiency will increase by 25%.
Go ahead, give it a shot.. But in my case my gut tells me it will be huge.
And while we're at it, let's get rid of all that red tape for medical devices, commercial aircraft, architecture etc. Lets see how many people we can kill.
Read "The Road to Wellville". It is set during the great breakfast cereal and processed food boom in the 1890's. A pattern followed by the great railroad buildout, the automobile boom of the late 1800s to early 1900's, the tech boom ofthe 50's, 70's, 80's, 90's, and later. The oil boom, cattle boom, etc. Nothing ever changes.
"he'll be calling for attacks on London"
Nah, not enough oil there.
It's a question. Not an answer.
Oblig:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Parameter estimation.