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Originally Posted by derf
Not OK with high electricity, coal is a bad energy source, it is only good because it is cheap, however if we were to have continued to build nuke and hydro electric plants in the 70's and 80's, this wouldnt be THE cheap alternative
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Yes, but we didn't. I'm no fan of Coal at all. It's dirty, and strip mining, from an environmental stand point, is a fucking disaster.
Unfortunately, we still need coal, until some Country Western singer writes a hit song called, "I was born a Radiation Protection Technician's Daughter".
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Originally Posted by derf
Try flying mil air, and look at the limitations of the current fleet, many pilots are flying the planes their parents flew when they were in the airforce a generation early. Modern C17's are the answer, Amorok, care to chime in?
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That's always been the case. They laid the keel of the first ship I served on, in 1944, and even in the late 70's, she was still one of the baddest motherfuckers in the fleet. If your kid grows up to be a pilot in the Air Force, he/she will be flying C-17s.
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Originally Posted by derf
IMHO, the DoD says that they have capabilities that they dont have all the time.
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Well, as former and current military guys, I think we can all agree that Generals, generally speaking, are generally full of shit. However, we are in the middle of two wars, so if they wanted more C-17's, they could probably get them.
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Originally Posted by derf
I spend $5 mil each year (in my work budget), are you gonna cut my budget? Trust me th gov pisses $5 mil into the toilet every day, 5 mil here, 10 mil there, its not gonna do shit, its just a big number (to the average joe) that is thrown around to make joe the plumber feel good. $5 mil is like you being happy you saved 5 cents on your grocery bill, that nickle aint doing shit except keeping your couch stocked with coins.
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That may be so, but I'm not in favor of wasting money in any amount.
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That bridge in MN that collapsed was considered low priority, it also had an imminent danger threat or something along that line, low priority to you and me vs low priority the corps of engineers are 2 very different versions of low priority. Their low priority is high cost to fix vs replace where my low priority is I dont expect people to die on their way to work.
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If that's true, then we should stop giving money to the Corps of Engineers altogether, since they seem to suck at what they do.
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