Actually, the smart move would be for them to cut deals with all of the electric companies here in America. Basically, develop delivery trucks that do anywhere from 40 MPC to 120 MPC and then sell them CHEAP to the electric companies. At that point, the electric companies approach ALL of the delivery companies and offers the vehicles for free while selling them electricity at regular prices, but requiring night time charging. With that approach, the electric company can simply pay for the electric vehicle with the difference.
Tesla would gain by being able to produce multiple frames, but also to increase the battery production. And if you notice, the tesla is made like a truck, not a unibody. It is ideal for adding a cheap body with a roll bar over the passenger compartment.
And yet, NASA has had 40 years and has not built a new launcher since 1981. The reason is that CONgress/president always get in the way. NOW, with multiple companies handling launch, CONgress will have little reason to tell NASA to build new launchers esp. if Private Space brings it way below what NASA can do.
Oh, you are NOT a messenger. You are just a troll.
Thats true, HOWEVER, tech like this are a serious of one offs, except the original work. For example, the original work was done by Robert Goddard, which his work was picked up by Von Braun, duplicated, and Goddard's ideas formed the core of NAZI rocketry. Then Von Braun brought his knowledge back to America and helped push our space system. Now, we have SpaceX using NASA's, and others work initially, as one off. After all, the merlin 1A was truly a small derivative from NASA's work. Now, SpaceX is doing their own innovations. However, there is little doubt that SpaceX's record remains a fairly solid one and getting better. What is happening now, is that SpaceX is learning how to put launchers and capsules through a decent QA program so that everything is reproducible constantly.
I would hazard a bet that the next flight this fall will be fairly smooth. In addition, they have multiple sats to launch this year. Other than possibly the release, I think that those will go incident free. The reason is that SpaceX has a history of not repeating the same mistake. And the idea that SpaceX will be launching 1/month for the next year, and then moving up to 1.5-2/month is pretty impressive.
Last time I checked, TWO is multiple. And yes, I was in the biological world and a different one. I NEVER said that I was in power (and I doubt that you are as well). And yeah, I was not thinking when I posted. I should have said tritium, not deuterium. BUT, I still had to have the radiation courses to work with these back in early 80s. Things were a bit different than they are now.
Finally, it looks like things are going to my way anyways. Apparently, O has appointed a Secretary that will be pushing Thorium pretty hard. So, I am excited. And I do not expect us to take 20 long years to get the first reactor out. I hope for 5-6, but would expect 10.
Actually, they can pull out a lot more. They do not because it is not economical.
And the geysers had issues because they WERE an open system. Now, they are moving all of their wells to closed.
The reason is that they have plenty of heat, but were losing pressure by taking too much water. So, all of the grips about minor items will go away.
Now, I FULLY agree that we need a BALANCED energy policy. Basically, we have far too many idiots that run around screaming that we should be all wind/solar and drop all of the others. Or some that scream that it should be all nukes and drop all of the others, etc. etc. etc. Hell, on the other side of this conversation is an idiot who is pretty much anti-nuke. Ppl like that get old.
When O said that our energy policy should be ALL OF THE ABOVE, he was dead on the money for that. Even coal can be used, if we simply convert it to methane and use that in electricity and commercial transportation.
You are right. The dems have done their fair share of damage. It is just right now, I think about the damage with our deficits and the republicans blaming everybody but themselves. That is exactly what de icaza does.
Actually, I DO have an idea. I am working on doing JUST THAT. And it is hard. BUT, I am also finding out that US prices for screws is actually CHEAPER than what I would get from the CHinese. The issue is the retailers are just going along.
This is the same SOB that was at the root of SO MUCH OF IT. And now he carps about the mess that he created. gads, if the guy was an American, he would be a registered republican.
First off, they are NOT chinks. You are disgusting.
Secondly, you ARE right that they love Bill Gates. But that is because he has shared their source code with them, and is now willing to move a bunch of Western technology to CHina in exchange for his getting money. Pretty Sad. I am just thankful that Gates was not involved in our defense industry.
That is also why America needs to stop our reliance on China as well. It is high time for us to stop their dumping, subsidies, and money fixing, or using any of their parts/equipment in our gear.
And yet, we have had MULTIPLE molten salt reactors and one commercial thorium reactor. All that is required for dealing with thorium salts, is to have multiple containment. Issue solved.
Finally, the nice issue of Th, is that is not fertile. That alone should be of interest.
However, anybody that thinks that either fossuel fuel, or wind, or solar will handle 100% of our energy is just a loon.
Finally, unlike most here, I HAVE worked with nukes and have a strong respect for them. In fact, I have suffered through an accident with P32 and deuterium. To work with that, we were required to go beyond my general physics that I had.
So, simply run plants that are physically incapable of failure. An easy one is a thorium plant. Cheap to build and impossible to fail (if designed right).
Actually, it is trivial to deal with nukes, esp. now. We should restart our thorium work and then use the reactors to also burn up the current nuclear waste. Our current amount of 70,000 tonnes split over some 150 sites would drop to below 5,000 tonnes. The nice thing about this approach is that it is much much cheaper to burn up that waste, and then bury something that will be radioactive for only 200 years.
Give me a break. Most geo-thermal plants are CLOSED loops. The ONLY thing released is heat and steam, just like a nuke plant. And if you want to scream about the tremors, well, then you should scream about oceans, lake, hydro, and the moon as well.
Oh, what plant was shut down after 1000s of EARTHQUAKES after a few days of oepration.
Please, back up your statement with REAL data from REAL scientists and not from Faux News.
The one that needs to grow up, is yourself. You are a piece of work who is only interested in FUD. So far, SpaceX is doing pretty good. And BTW, every existing space company, even those that are national, have much worse records from when they first start up. SpaceX has a wonderful track record considering that they launched their first flight just under 7 years ago. Now, it was a failure, but in 7 years, they have launched 10 times, of which 3 were considered failures, 1 a partial failure and the other 6 are successful (assuming that this current one finishes OK). ESA did Ariane 1 11x over 7 years, with 2 failures. Considering how much bigger the budget was for ESA, while SpaceX has 2 launch vehicles, 1 capsule, and 4 different engines, that is pretty good for SpaceX. In fact, I would say that is a great record for any company
Actually, nearly ALL things can and should be made by robotics. And yes, that includes iphone. That is what they are working on right now, over in China.
is that AMerica was a powerhouse. In addition, we had a LARGE R&D fund by the feds. However, starting with reagan, and being pushed with just about every president since then, we have quit investing into America. In particular, one area that is insane is that we have all of these free trade agreements, where it says that nations are not allowed to dump, subsidize, or manipulate their money. Yet, China is the worst one, and to this day continues to get worse with manipulating their money, dumping and subsidizing.
Until American politicians stand up and balance the budget AND then tell China (and others) that we will no longer allow them to cheat on the FTA, then we will continue our downhill slide.
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Actually, the smart move would be for them to cut deals with all of the electric companies here in America. Basically, develop delivery trucks that do anywhere from 40 MPC to 120 MPC and then sell them CHEAP to the electric companies. At that point, the electric companies approach ALL of the delivery companies and offers the vehicles for free while selling them electricity at regular prices, but requiring night time charging. With that approach, the electric company can simply pay for the electric vehicle with the difference.
Tesla would gain by being able to produce multiple frames, but also to increase the battery production. And if you notice, the tesla is made like a truck, not a unibody. It is ideal for adding a cheap body with a roll bar over the passenger compartment.
And yet, NASA has had 40 years and has not built a new launcher since 1981. The reason is that CONgress/president always get in the way. NOW, with multiple companies handling launch, CONgress will have little reason to tell NASA to build new launchers esp. if Private Space brings it way below what NASA can do.
Oh, you are NOT a messenger. You are just a troll.
Thats true, HOWEVER, tech like this are a serious of one offs, except the original work. For example, the original work was done by Robert Goddard, which his work was picked up by Von Braun, duplicated, and Goddard's ideas formed the core of NAZI rocketry. Then Von Braun brought his knowledge back to America and helped push our space system. Now, we have SpaceX using NASA's, and others work initially, as one off. After all, the merlin 1A was truly a small derivative from NASA's work. Now, SpaceX is doing their own innovations. However, there is little doubt that SpaceX's record remains a fairly solid one and getting better. What is happening now, is that SpaceX is learning how to put launchers and capsules through a decent QA program so that everything is reproducible constantly.
I would hazard a bet that the next flight this fall will be fairly smooth. In addition, they have multiple sats to launch this year. Other than possibly the release, I think that those will go incident free. The reason is that SpaceX has a history of not repeating the same mistake. And the idea that SpaceX will be launching 1/month for the next year, and then moving up to 1.5-2/month is pretty impressive.
Last time I checked, TWO is multiple.
And yes, I was in the biological world and a different one. I NEVER said that I was in power (and I doubt that you are as well). And yeah, I was not thinking when I posted. I should have said tritium, not deuterium. BUT, I still had to have the radiation courses to work with these back in early 80s. Things were a bit different than they are now.
Finally, it looks like things are going to my way anyways. Apparently, O has appointed a Secretary that will be pushing Thorium pretty hard. So, I am excited. And I do not expect us to take 20 long years to get the first reactor out. I hope for 5-6, but would expect 10.
Actually, they can pull out a lot more. They do not because it is not economical.
And the geysers had issues because they WERE an open system. Now, they are moving all of their wells to closed.
The reason is that they have plenty of heat, but were losing pressure by taking too much water. So, all of the grips about minor items will go away.
Now, I FULLY agree that we need a BALANCED energy policy. Basically, we have far too many idiots that run around screaming that we should be all wind/solar and drop all of the others. Or some that scream that it should be all nukes and drop all of the others, etc. etc. etc. Hell, on the other side of this conversation is an idiot who is pretty much anti-nuke. Ppl like that get old.
When O said that our energy policy should be ALL OF THE ABOVE, he was dead on the money for that. Even coal can be used, if we simply convert it to methane and use that in electricity and commercial transportation.
You are right. The dems have done their fair share of damage. It is just right now, I think about the damage with our deficits and the republicans blaming everybody but themselves. That is exactly what de icaza does.
Actually, I DO have an idea. I am working on doing JUST THAT. And it is hard. BUT, I am also finding out that US prices for screws is actually CHEAPER than what I would get from the CHinese. The issue is the retailers are just going along.
Why surprised? He wants to do to Apple what he has done to the Linux world.
This is the same SOB that was at the root of SO MUCH OF IT. And now he carps about the mess that he created. gads, if the guy was an American, he would be a registered republican.
'no soliciting or leaving phonebooks'. If they leave a phonebook, then sue the company.
Issue solved.
Bill gates and his companies work closely with China and give up all of their technology to them.
First off, they are NOT chinks. You are disgusting.
Secondly, you ARE right that they love Bill Gates. But that is because he has shared their source code with them, and is now willing to move a bunch of Western technology to CHina in exchange for his getting money. Pretty Sad. I am just thankful that Gates was not involved in our defense industry.
That is also why America needs to stop our reliance on China as well. It is high time for us to stop their dumping, subsidies, and money fixing, or using any of their parts/equipment in our gear.
And yet, we have had MULTIPLE molten salt reactors and one commercial thorium reactor. All that is required for dealing with thorium salts, is to have multiple containment. Issue solved.
Finally, the nice issue of Th, is that is not fertile. That alone should be of interest.
However, anybody that thinks that either fossuel fuel, or wind, or solar will handle 100% of our energy is just a loon.
Finally, unlike most here, I HAVE worked with nukes and have a strong respect for them. In fact, I have suffered through an accident with P32 and deuterium. To work with that, we were required to go beyond my general physics that I had.
Yeah, and the answer for that, is Simbol Materials.
In addition, most of those are sellable. BUT, the amount of those pollutants are minor compared to any other other form of large energy.
So, simply run plants that are physically incapable of failure. An easy one is a thorium plant. Cheap to build and impossible to fail (if designed right).
Actually, it is trivial to deal with nukes, esp. now. We should restart our thorium work and then use the reactors to also burn up the current nuclear waste. Our current amount of 70,000 tonnes split over some 150 sites would drop to below 5,000 tonnes. The nice thing about this approach is that it is much much cheaper to burn up that waste, and then bury something that will be radioactive for only 200 years.
Give me a break. Most geo-thermal plants are CLOSED loops. The ONLY thing released is heat and steam, just like a nuke plant.
And if you want to scream about the tremors, well, then you should scream about oceans, lake, hydro, and the moon as well.
Oh, what plant was shut down after 1000s of EARTHQUAKES after a few days of oepration.
Please, back up your statement with REAL data from REAL scientists and not from Faux News.
That is why when a ship is coming to berth/dock, the crew is put on alert and sequestered away from the maneuvers.
The one that needs to grow up, is yourself. You are a piece of work who is only interested in FUD. So far, SpaceX is doing pretty good. And BTW, every existing space company, even those that are national, have much worse records from when they first start up. SpaceX has a wonderful track record considering that they launched their first flight just under 7 years ago. Now, it was a failure, but in 7 years, they have launched 10 times, of which 3 were considered failures, 1 a partial failure and the other 6 are successful (assuming that this current one finishes OK). ESA did Ariane 1 11x over 7 years, with 2 failures. Considering how much bigger the budget was for ESA, while SpaceX has 2 launch vehicles, 1 capsule, and 4 different engines, that is pretty good for SpaceX. In fact, I would say that is a great record for any company
A monopoly that is screwing its customers is mad that a somewhat competitive group is able to make it include ALL of its stuff.
Makes sense to me.
They are taking their money to China and working with the communist.
Actually, nearly ALL things can and should be made by robotics. And yes, that includes iphone. That is what they are working on right now, over in China.
Not just Germany, but nearly the entire rest of the western world. Canada and Australia are good example.
is that AMerica was a powerhouse. In addition, we had a LARGE R&D fund by the feds. However, starting with reagan, and being pushed with just about every president since then, we have quit investing into America. In particular, one area that is insane is that we have all of these free trade agreements, where it says that nations are not allowed to dump, subsidize, or manipulate their money. Yet, China is the worst one, and to this day continues to get worse with manipulating their money, dumping and subsidizing.
Until American politicians stand up and balance the budget AND then tell China (and others) that we will no longer allow them to cheat on the FTA, then we will continue our downhill slide.