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Video: The US Navy's Smartest Idea of WW2
Agreed! Good stuff. I really like his video with the deep dive into the 727.- rbstern
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Video: The US Navy's Smartest Idea of WW2
I guess, if the double Wasp doesn't fit, you just have to make do with the Merlin. ;)- rbstern
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Video: The US Navy's Smartest Idea of WW2
They did a beautiful job restoring this recovered SBD:- rbstern
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Video: The US Navy's Smartest Idea of WW2
I consider myself a modest WW2 history buff, but I knew nothing about this. To create suitable carrier takeoff and landing training without tying up actual warships, or risking carriers to sub attacks during training, the USN converted two Great Lakes based coal powered ships with working...- rbstern
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EVs are NOT America's future!
I don't think we can say never. Tomorrow, or fifty years from now, someone could invent a panel that converts 100 times more solar energy than current panels. That would be a game changer. Suddenly, EVs could be self charging, with no need for grid improvements, charging stations, or any... -
EVs are NOT America's future!
The difference: Zeihan is making an argument which is relevant to the discussion; it's largely the same the argument I'm making, and that some others in this thread have made. I'm using his considerable, macro economic expertise (something people pay him a lot of money for, based on the quality... -
EVs are NOT America's future!
The Colorado comment he makes is part of a broader argument he's made in several videos that EVs can work to their original promise, if they are used in regions where the majority of electricity comes from solar and wind. A Gulfstream jet is not a replacement for SST. You are arguing bus vs... -
EVs are NOT America's future!
Oh, I don't know. I think publishing books, 730K youtube subscribers, getting paid tens of thousands of dollars per hour for speaking engagements by industry trade groups, government agencies, and foreign governments puts him a smidge ahead of the average ODT'r in terms of opinion gravitas. -
EVs are NOT America's future!
You can't see the forest through the trees. It's the same issue: SST commercial air travel never achieved critical mass because they couldn't overcome the economic issues, which were directly related to the physics of how SSTs work. The same types of issues are looming for EVs. Raw materials... -
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EVs are NOT America's future!
Some would argue the EV marketplace is currently transmitting a message matching your first point. For you to argue that people don't want to complete air travel three times faster, wherever they are going, and that it's not a universally appealing trait, is silly. Supersonic flight offered an... -
EVs are NOT America's future!
I never mentioned Colorado. Do you disagree with my argument that the Concord, despite it's technological brilliance, was doomed by physical and economic reality? -
EVs are NOT America's future!
His product is insights. He produces them in book, audio and video form. Some All people who make and invent things run the gamut of human qualities. And Elon is a plus-human being, and a towering giant of inventors/engineers. But being an expert in electric car design and manufacturing... -
EVs are NOT America's future!
How did you solve the Internet so quickly? Brilliant! -
EVs are NOT America's future!
I'm a big Elon fan. However, "but Elon!!!" is not good argument that everyone else is wrong or bereft of wisdom or insight. Peter Zeihan is a macro-economics/geopolitics thinker. Several best sellers along those lines to his credit. A highly sought after speaker and consultant...