Oh, I agree that we need to balance our budget and soon. However, the money that is going into Energy R&D is not wasted. That is useful money. The problem is when China subsidizes and dumps on the markets and we do nothing. That is just plain INSANE.
Actually, they SHOULD run a pipeline over to wisc and put in a new refinery along with a thorium nuke plant to provide the heat.
The problem is, that north America's oil needs are NOT going up. They are pretty steady. And with a push towards NG and electric vehicles, then our oil needs will drop.
Finally note, that Keystone is NOT about getting oil to America. It is about getting oil to refineries in Texas who will then ship those oil products out. America will generally gain nothing out of keystone, with one exception. By having Canada send their oil/products to the international market, it lowers the price of oil all over. In addition, it is better for Canada to get the money from Japan and Europe than to have those nations continuing to send money to Iran, Russia, etc.
First off, companies like Solendra were very much Republican based. There initially were granted money from W, who held back at the last minute due to ppl bitching about W's funding of AE. Secondly, few of those companies put any more money into dems than they did into pubs.
Secondly, there are many others that are hits, such as Tesla. In fact, if private enterprise had the success record of Chu, they would be lauded as being one of the most successful investors of all times.
1) bump federal tax on gas/diesel by.20 this year..10 to go to R&D (which should also be used for oil/gas, coal, and nukes), and.1 to go to fed/state DOTs. The.1 from diesel (which is mostly interstate trucking) goes to the feds, while the.1 increase from gas goes to the state's DOT. Then next year, increase it.1 again, but all of that goes to the DOTs. Do that for the next 4 years.
2) put some of the federal DOT money into pushing CNG/LNG/electrical charging stations along the federal highways.
3) allow keystone to go through.
4) increase oil/NG drilling offshore and in various federal lands, but with an eye towards keeping the environment clean.
5) put together a COTs type fund for thorium nuclear power along with some money for the possible fusion reactor that livermore has.
6) put together a tax incentive to get coal=>methane going. That is relatively clean energy and interestingly, produces a number of elements that we need esp. U and Th.
I am probably well known for pointing out the issues of the Chinese gov. However, I think that the average Chinese, like any other person on this planet, loves his nation, hates his gov, and simply wants to live and enjoy life. This blog supports this case, though it could easily be written by the propaganda unit.
China ignores all their treaties. For example, they recently joined the UN in condemning NK and promising that they would stop NK's slush fund if found. OK. So, America obviously KNEW where it was and points it out. What does China do? Nothing.
Then you have their treaty with USA and WTO. They were required to drop most of their tariffs (around 90 at the time), no subsidies for exported goods, no dumping of exported goods, and free their money. Instead, they now have over 400 tariffs, subsidize many key items, are constantly dumping in foreign nations, and manipulate their money.
Likewise, they have a treaty with Japan that requires them to have pollution control on all new cement and coal plants. Sadly, the Japanese made a mistake in not requiring them to turn on the controls. As such, China simply turns off the controls most of the time. They only turn it on when Chinese gov. tells that they must and for how long (typically a special event or somebody coming to check the environment).
And now somebody thinks that CHina will keep their word? Not a chance.
First off, China is a RICH nation. Make no mistake. They have trillion+ of dollars that they are sitting on. They are NOT a poor nation.
In addition, they are NOT a democratic gov. or even a capitalist economy. The fact is, that the economy is split into 2 with those companies that export being capitalists, while those that are tied to the gov, esp. the PLA, being a pure command situation.
With China's earthquake loads was discovered about them. That 3000 miles of underground railway was a shocker. And the fact that they had an underground hidden nuke operation by the reservoir was also a shock. That alone should be a sign that it is very possible for China to have a reactor down there, being cooled by the reservoir and would NEVER be seen by space.
Now, as to MAD, let me explain how this works. Basically, both sides have to have systems that are either 100% first strike, with limited retailiation, OR nearly 100% defense, with limited first strike. Most importantly, neither side can have a true missile defense system. Now, W killed that and the neo-cons are pushing for us to put up a BMD system. However, it should be obvious to all, that we have gone nowhere with it. As such, we are still playing by the MAD logic that America and USSR had.
Now, along comes China who does not tell what they have. However, we are finding out all the time that they are far more advanced than they let on to. In particular, they DO appear to have loads more BMD than is acknowledged. For starters, they took out a sat that was quite high (500 miles+). But it continues to get better. For starters, they have multiple ground based lasers designed to shoot into space. They have already taken out multiples of our sats. In addition, their space station is a military base. It is NOT a civilian program. They have stated that no civilians or non-chinese will be on-board.
All in all, it is obvious that China is working against MAD, and is looking for a number of leg ups. That implies first strike and their entertaining the idea of winning a nuke war. And I am not wild about ANY military officer thinking that. EVER.
That is why the worst thing that could happen is to cut down warheads.
Not even close to true. China claims 240. However, that is impossible. Their claimed boomers alone would have about 500 warheads. And with what is thought to exist on boomers, would mean over 750 warheads just for subs. That does not include their air force, their land based mobile launchers, and their recently acknowledge 3000 mile + tunnels underground that China now says does indeed have a whole other set of mobile launchers/missiles.
Even now, they just launched a new solid missile, the DF-41, that is a MIRV with 10 warheads. The DF-31s which had 3 warheads was fairly short range and would target Russia, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Phillipines, and India. They are known to have over 1000 of these. Now, with the new DF-41's, they can go all the way around the globe. These are designed for Europe and America. And apparently, they have started active production of these. It is unknown what the quantities will be. BUT, I doubt it will 10 missiles.
Regardless, China obviously has a LOT LOT LOT more than 240 warheads. And the nuke site that was discovered during the earthquake (along with their military tunnels), would hint that they are in active production on these.
LOL. Ah, no. An object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force. And what force is normal here? Air. And what is missing in space? Air. Heck, if worried about that, simply add depleted uranium to the front of the ballon and get the mass up. Heck, change the ballons from being mylar to being small Bigelow Aerospace balloons. Issue solved.
China has restarted nuke warhead production (or possibly, they never shut it down like they claimed). They claim 240, but others have it much higher. In particular, during their last major earthquake, they had a number of tunnels with cave-ins. It turns out that CHina has some 3000 miles of tunnels running around china that they had not spoke about, untill these were caught. Then China said that it is used for a number of land based missiles, they they had claimed did not exists PRIOR to this.
BUT, the real problem is that over by their new reservoir, a number of ppl came out from underground and all were wearing sealed bunny suits for working with nukes. This was an area unknown to the world. BUT, it was treated as though it had a nuclear accident. China admits that they have some military nuclear operations there, but will not discuss it.
IF we do not drop our count, it does not change the current situation. HOWEVER, if we drop it down, and China feels that they have the ability to launch a first strike and block our retaliation, while hitting us with a second, that would likely lead to a nuke war.
It is actually in the worlds best interest for America and Russia to keep theirs until China is forthcoming about their true stockpile.
And if you believe that it is 240 warheads, well, their MIRVs on their current boomers (1 type 92 and a minimum of 6 type 94; some intel indicates that they have closer to 10 subs; ) is more than 240 warheads. In fact, with their absolute KNOWN subs, they can carry a max of ~500 warheads. That does not include their air based, truck based, and now, underground mobile launchers. So, for China to claim 240 warheads and others to buy into that bunk, is just plain foolish.
Russia wiil have its hand full with China deciding to invade. The reason is that with the warming, according to forecasts, that China's future rainfall will be cut by more than 1/10, possibly 1/5.
And yet, I do not see you objecting to all of the tax breaks, subsidies for those groups. The fact that you added oil to those, while ignoring coal, banks, ALL FARMERS, wall street banks, etc. etc. etc. screams volumes about where you are coming from.
You have to be kidding me. Tesla has superior QC to BWM, Audi, Porsche, MB, Lexus, etc. In addition, it beats just about every single car in its price range. It can carry 7 ppl while still having a trunk. And it does it in luxury and performance.
The model S received those awards because it is a superior car to everything that it is competing against. Not just the EVs, but all of the ICEs.
And yet, they are the highest selling electric car going and the smallest and newest company as well.
Hmmm. I guess that Musk has better knowledge considering that GM has this AM announced that they will produce several new electric cars that are high-end cars and get 200 MPC.
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Oh, I agree that we need to balance our budget and soon. However, the money that is going into Energy R&D is not wasted. That is useful money. The problem is when China subsidizes and dumps on the markets and we do nothing. That is just plain INSANE.
Actually, they SHOULD run a pipeline over to wisc and put in a new refinery along with a thorium nuke plant to provide the heat.
The problem is, that north America's oil needs are NOT going up. They are pretty steady. And with a push towards NG and electric vehicles, then our oil needs will drop.
Finally note, that Keystone is NOT about getting oil to America. It is about getting oil to refineries in Texas who will then ship those oil products out. America will generally gain nothing out of keystone, with one exception. By having Canada send their oil/products to the international market, it lowers the price of oil all over. In addition, it is better for Canada to get the money from Japan and Europe than to have those nations continuing to send money to Iran, Russia, etc.
First off, companies like Solendra were very much Republican based. There initially were granted money from W, who held back at the last minute due to ppl bitching about W's funding of AE. Secondly, few of those companies put any more money into dems than they did into pubs.
Secondly, there are many others that are hits, such as Tesla. In fact, if private enterprise had the success record of Chu, they would be lauded as being one of the most successful investors of all times.
1) bump federal tax on gas/diesel by .20 this year. .10 to go to R&D (which should also be used for oil/gas, coal, and nukes), and .1 to go to fed/state DOTs. The .1 from diesel (which is mostly interstate trucking) goes to the feds, while the .1 increase from gas goes to the state's DOT. Then next year, increase it .1 again, but all of that goes to the DOTs. Do that for the next 4 years.
2) put some of the federal DOT money into pushing CNG/LNG/electrical charging stations along the federal highways.
3) allow keystone to go through.
4) increase oil/NG drilling offshore and in various federal lands, but with an eye towards keeping the environment clean.
5) put together a COTs type fund for thorium nuclear power along with some money for the possible fusion reactor that livermore has.
6) put together a tax incentive to get coal=>methane going. That is relatively clean energy and interestingly, produces a number of elements that we need esp. U and Th.
The word is COMPROMISE.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=93364&page=1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18144319
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_time#Differences_among_countries_and_regions
And yet, most other nation's workers do NOT put in 60 hours.
What international treaties? And since China ignores all treaties, why would it matter now?
I am sure that it is a NORMAL GPS and every company uses these to determine where their assets are.
That is what they are doing to the west. They do not want the same thing to happen to them.
Only after mammoths and mastodons.
I am probably well known for pointing out the issues of the Chinese gov. However, I think that the average Chinese, like any other person on this planet, loves his nation, hates his gov, and simply wants to live and enjoy life. This blog supports this case, though it could easily be written by the propaganda unit.
My guess is that it will not be delivered live. That DNA is far too old.
I hope that a woman will do that. It would be interesting to see what comes of that.
China ignores all their treaties. For example, they recently joined the UN in condemning NK and promising that they would stop NK's slush fund if found. OK. So, America obviously KNEW where it was and points it out. What does China do? Nothing.
Then you have their treaty with USA and WTO. They were required to drop most of their tariffs (around 90 at the time), no subsidies for exported goods, no dumping of exported goods, and free their money. Instead, they now have over 400 tariffs, subsidize many key items, are constantly dumping in foreign nations, and manipulate their money.
Likewise, they have a treaty with Japan that requires them to have pollution control on all new cement and coal plants. Sadly, the Japanese made a mistake in not requiring them to turn on the controls. As such, China simply turns off the controls most of the time. They only turn it on when Chinese gov. tells that they must and for how long (typically a special event or somebody coming to check the environment).
And now somebody thinks that CHina will keep their word? Not a chance.
agreed. Perhaps the smart idea is to cut back, but with the understanding that we get to re-do some new designs.
First off, China is a RICH nation. Make no mistake. They have trillion+ of dollars that they are sitting on. They are NOT a poor nation.
In addition, they are NOT a democratic gov. or even a capitalist economy. The fact is, that the economy is split into 2 with those companies that export being capitalists, while those that are tied to the gov, esp. the PLA, being a pure command situation.
With China's earthquake loads was discovered about them. That 3000 miles of underground railway was a shocker. And the fact that they had an underground hidden nuke operation by the reservoir was also a shock. That alone should be a sign that it is very possible for China to have a reactor down there, being cooled by the reservoir and would NEVER be seen by space.
Now, as to MAD, let me explain how this works. Basically, both sides have to have systems that are either 100% first strike, with limited retailiation, OR nearly 100% defense, with limited first strike. Most importantly, neither side can have a true missile defense system. Now, W killed that and the neo-cons are pushing for us to put up a BMD system. However, it should be obvious to all, that we have gone nowhere with it. As such, we are still playing by the MAD logic that America and USSR had. Now, along comes China who does not tell what they have. However, we are finding out all the time that they are far more advanced than they let on to. In particular, they DO appear to have loads more BMD than is acknowledged. For starters, they took out a sat that was quite high (500 miles+). But it continues to get better. For starters, they have multiple ground based lasers designed to shoot into space. They have already taken out multiples of our sats. In addition, their space station is a military base. It is NOT a civilian program. They have stated that no civilians or non-chinese will be on-board. All in all, it is obvious that China is working against MAD, and is looking for a number of leg ups. That implies first strike and their entertaining the idea of winning a nuke war. And I am not wild about ANY military officer thinking that. EVER. That is why the worst thing that could happen is to cut down warheads.
Not even close to true. China claims 240. However, that is impossible. Their claimed boomers alone would have about 500 warheads. And with what is thought to exist on boomers, would mean over 750 warheads just for subs. That does not include their air force, their land based mobile launchers, and their recently acknowledge 3000 mile + tunnels underground that China now says does indeed have a whole other set of mobile launchers/missiles.
Even now, they just launched a new solid missile, the DF-41, that is a MIRV with 10 warheads. The DF-31s which had 3 warheads was fairly short range and would target Russia, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Phillipines, and India. They are known to have over 1000 of these. Now, with the new DF-41's, they can go all the way around the globe. These are designed for Europe and America. And apparently, they have started active production of these. It is unknown what the quantities will be. BUT, I doubt it will 10 missiles.
Regardless, China obviously has a LOT LOT LOT more than 240 warheads. And the nuke site that was discovered during the earthquake (along with their military tunnels), would hint that they are in active production on these.
WHile I know what you are saying, I am far more concerned about China who is not telling the truth. They are as scary as any terrorists.
LOL. Ah, no. An object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force. And what force is normal here? Air. And what is missing in space? Air.
Heck, if worried about that, simply add depleted uranium to the front of the ballon and get the mass up. Heck, change the ballons from being mylar to being small Bigelow Aerospace balloons. Issue solved.
China has restarted nuke warhead production (or possibly, they never shut it down like they claimed). They claim 240, but others have it much higher. In particular, during their last major earthquake, they had a number of tunnels with cave-ins. It turns out that CHina has some 3000 miles of tunnels running around china that they had not spoke about, untill these were caught. Then China said that it is used for a number of land based missiles, they they had claimed did not exists PRIOR to this.
BUT, the real problem is that over by their new reservoir, a number of ppl came out from underground and all were wearing sealed bunny suits for working with nukes. This was an area unknown to the world. BUT, it was treated as though it had a nuclear accident. China admits that they have some military nuclear operations there, but will not discuss it.
IF we do not drop our count, it does not change the current situation. HOWEVER, if we drop it down, and China feels that they have the ability to launch a first strike and block our retaliation, while hitting us with a second, that would likely lead to a nuke war.
It is actually in the worlds best interest for America and Russia to keep theirs until China is forthcoming about their true stockpile.
And if you believe that it is 240 warheads, well, their MIRVs on their current boomers (1 type 92 and a minimum of 6 type 94; some intel indicates that they have closer to 10 subs; ) is more than 240 warheads. In fact, with their absolute KNOWN subs, they can carry a max of ~500 warheads. That does not include their air based, truck based, and now, underground mobile launchers. So, for China to claim 240 warheads and others to buy into that bunk, is just plain foolish.
Russia wiil have its hand full with China deciding to invade. The reason is that with the warming, according to forecasts, that China's future rainfall will be cut by more than 1/10, possibly 1/5.
And yet, I do not see you objecting to all of the tax breaks, subsidies for those groups. The fact that you added oil to those, while ignoring coal, banks, ALL FARMERS, wall street banks, etc. etc. etc. screams volumes about where you are coming from.
You have to be kidding me. Tesla has superior QC to BWM, Audi, Porsche, MB, Lexus, etc. In addition, it beats just about every single car in its price range. It can carry 7 ppl while still having a trunk. And it does it in luxury and performance.
The model S received those awards because it is a superior car to everything that it is competing against. Not just the EVs, but all of the ICEs.
The big difference is that the Model S has far outsold the volt comparing to its first year, though the volt is finally starting to sell.
And yet, they are the highest selling electric car going and the smallest and newest company as well.
Hmmm. I guess that Musk has better knowledge considering that GM has this AM announced that they will produce several new electric cars that are high-end cars and get 200 MPC.