aggregate annual production capacity, one is absolutely superior to the
other two that would require 3x the number of systems

On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM Robert <[email protected]> wrote:

> patato potato...   Is one more $$ than the other?
>
> On 10/27/25 9:20 AM, Steve Jones wrote:
>
> hahaha, meth
>
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM Robert <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Nuclear,  A handful of acres...  Now who's smoking crack...   Try at
>> least 2 miles square with buffer zones and towers and aux facilities...
>> Diablo Canyon, which is a more recent plant, doesn't need towers due to
>> ocean water cooling, and it's exclusion area is 2 miles on a side.    Now
>> if you want to talk pie in the sky they are saying the new plants, which
>> there are none, are going to be 1/2 mile exclusion.   But again, you want
>> to live/work within that space?
>>
>> Solar isn't any worse than Nuk and a whole lot less support facilities
>> and no shutting down the land use for the next 50-100 years.   Some solar
>> facilities are being raised off the ground by 10 feet to make the areas
>> below usable, which is a benefit to the land owner.
>>
>> Around N. Nevada, the electrical companies are throwing up panels left
>> and right.  Getting BLM land isn't that expensive and the power goes right
>> next door to the server farms.
>>
>> Redwood Industries, the massive lithium recycling company is taking the
>> battery packs that are 99% ok and fixing the couple bad cells and packaging
>> them into lower cost power banks in containers.
>>
>> My knock on Solar is that the weather is getting worse and the damage to
>> the facilities is, in a lot of cases, worked around instead of being
>> repaired.  Easier to just throw up more area than repair large scale damage
>> for a year because old panels are a pita to fix...
>>
>>
>> On 10/27/25 7:47 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
>>
>> AIs don't smoke.
>>
>>
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>> On 10/26/2025 5:34 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
>>
>> How much meth was smoked before this post?
>>
>> You ever see the land lease and neigbor contacts on these?
>>
>> Nuclear, a handful of acres
>>
>> Same solar 4 to 6000 acres
>>
>> Same wind 100s of square miles
>>
>> 24x7 vs good times
>>
>> Once we bust the NRC and get gen3 reactors online, we will start giving
>> salmon their habitat back
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 26, 2025, 12:29 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Petro-dollars are quickly becoming worthless. We've reached the point
>>> where renewables (mainly solar) are the fastest, cheapest way to get power
>>> to the grid. That will be the main driver going forward. Just in the first
>>> half of this year China has put up over 200 GW of solar power. That is
>>> roughly equivalent to 200 nuclear reactors. They did that in six months,
>>> and it would have taken decades if it was nuclear.
>>>
>>> A barrel of oil is now around $60, and we are going into a glut, which
>>> will drive the price of oil downward. If the price gets much below $50,
>>> then all of a sudden all the shale-oil becomes a loser, and will get shut
>>> down.
>>>
>>> It will be interesting how this plays out, but I'm not betting on oil.
>>>
>>> bp
>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>>
>>> On 10/25/2025 5:30 PM, Jan-GAMs wrote:
>>>
>>> It doesn't work that way.  The petrol-dollar assholes will just get the
>>> government to make it illegal and force us to use gas.
>>> On 10/24/25 19:46, Steve Jones wrote:
>>>
>>> George and Gracie did a skit
>>> "If we had some eggs, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some ham"
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 12:05 PM Robert <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> IF we actually got functioning Fusion, the greatest benefit would be
>>>> being able to just forget about all these places...  Take away the
>>>> petrodollar and they would blow away in the desert winds...
>>>>
>>>> On 10/24/25 9:28 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yemen has a 10 year old civil war, partly a proxy war between Iran and
>>>> the Saudis.  Yemen was formed by the merger of North Yemen and South Yemen,
>>>> the latter was a former British colony.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Houthis are technically a “movement” but they control the capital
>>>> and much of the territory and have their own government structure.  The
>>>> internationally recognized and Saudi supported government moved to Adan in
>>>> the south after the Houthi revolution or coup.  It looks to me like the
>>>> split might be roughly the former North Yemen under control of the Houthis
>>>> and the former South Yemen under control of the internationally recognized
>>>> government.  I seem to remember that the Houthis were threatening to take
>>>> control of the whole country when the Saudis intervened.  But the Saudis
>>>> were mainly just bombing stuff.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Houthis are Iranian puppets so you could compare them to Hezbollah,
>>>> but maybe more like revolutionaries, they control a good chunk of Yemen.
>>>> Not nice people.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> But Yemen is a mess.  I think I read the British left because of
>>>> widespread terrorism and that was decades ago.  If a giant sinkhole
>>>> swallowed the whole place, we would probably say good riddance.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> <[email protected]> *On
>>>> Behalf Of *Bill Prince
>>>> *Sent:* Friday, October 24, 2025 10:08 AM
>>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Are the Houthis an actual country, or just another Al-Qaeda kind of
>>>> group?
>>>>
>>>> bp
>>>>
>>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/24/2025 7:53 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So are the Houthis justified sinking vessels in the Red Sea from
>>>> companies and countries that support Israel’s war in Gaza?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> <[email protected]> *On
>>>> Behalf Of *Carl Peterson
>>>> *Sent:* Friday, October 24, 2025 9:40 AM
>>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Daily had a really good bit on this yesterday.  Not
>>>> particularly about blowing up boats but about the competing interests in
>>>> the Trump administration re Venezuela.  It's a great 30 min listen.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Background:  Maduro lost the last election in a landslide (30%/70%) but
>>>> refused to cede power.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> TLDL:
>>>>
>>>> Trump wanted to cut a deal and was working on it but Rubio won out and
>>>> is focused on regime change.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/podcasts/the-daily/us-venezuela-maduro-boat-attacks.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM Steve Jones <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Heh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 9:13 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Might be safer to have a Maple Leaf flag.  You could always run the
>>>> stars and bars, at least they would presume you would be armed and would
>>>> fight.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* AF [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mark
>>>> Radabaugh
>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 23, 2025 7:41 PM
>>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So that American flag on the back is going to protect me from the
>>>> various other countries that decide to even up the score?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 23, 2025, at 9:10 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Stop smuggling and you will be just fine….
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* AF [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On
>>>> Behalf Of *Mark Radabaugh
>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 23, 2025 6:57 AM
>>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Someday I would really like to be able to sail around the Caribbean and
>>>> South America without having to worry about being randomly blown out of the
>>>> water for no reason at all.   “Well, the US said it was OK to kill people
>>>> in international waters”.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 23, 2025, at 1:31 AM, Jason McKemie <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It seems very telling that when they blew up a boat and people
>>>> survived, they sent them back to their home country vs prosecuting them.
>>>> You can't introduce that testimony into the public record.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2025, 11:44 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Replying to myself, which is perhaps a sign I should be in therapy, but
>>>> I just realized one reason why the Coast Guard is underappreciated or at
>>>> least unknown compared to Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.  They are part
>>>> of DHS not DOD.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> But now that DOD is calling itself the Department of War, maybe DHS is
>>>> just fine.  Although one is Hegseth and the other is Noem, so flip a coin.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Coast Guard is also much smaller, has a smaller budget, and a much
>>>> smaller PR budget.  No money to toot their own horn.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 22, 2025 10:50 PM
>>>> *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, but if it’s on the ocean, I’d prefer to see a Hawaii Five 0 style
>>>> chase.  With McGarrett in a speedboat, and at the end he says “book ‘em,
>>>> Danno”.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Besides, I think the Coasties are an underappreciated branch of the US
>>>> military.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 22, 2025 8:31 PM
>>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I prefer to see cartels bombed. When they started moving the fent, they
>>>> chose bombs. A little nose candy here and there, some dope, a little
>>>> crystal, even some heroin was manageable. But these ducks decided to move
>>>> shit that one mistake kills. Fuckbag dealers are putting it it club drugs
>>>> and on vicodins.  Kids don't have a chance to make a mistake.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bomb the shit out of them. Sink their boats, cut their life jackets,
>>>> chum the waters, I don't care as long as they die. They don't want to give
>>>> our kids a second chance, their adults deserve as terrible a death as
>>>> possible. Idgaf about human rights, they don't, and I have no interest in
>>>> the high road.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2025, 6:45 PM Dev <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Turns out drug dealers sometimes get shot, who knew? Maybe they were
>>>> delivering critical supplies to orphanages, because speedboats with three
>>>> engines mean urgent care is being delivered expeditiously?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 22, 2025, at 3:03 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Article on the latest generation of US Coast Guard “Over The Horizon”
>>>> boats.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.workboat.com/shipbuilding/test-driving-the-coast-guard-s-new-over-the-horizon-cutter-boat
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Generally deployed from a ramp on the back of a larger cutter along
>>>> with helicopters.  These things vaguely remind me of the WWII PT boats.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I would not want to try and outrun the Coast Guard.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Adam Moffett
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 22, 2025 4:24 PM
>>>> *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, and that's the primary argument against this practice.  If we have
>>>> solid intel that they're carrying drugs, and we know where they are, then
>>>> as soon as they enter our territorial waters we can board the boat and
>>>> arrest them.  The Coast Guard doesn't need a warrant or even a specific
>>>> reason to board a boat.  Some of those boats are faster than Cutters, but I
>>>> don't have solid info on how often they actually escape when they're
>>>> already being tracked.  It's hard to imagine they really get away often
>>>> because the Coast Guard also has helicopters, and they're allowed to
>>>> continue a pursuit into international waters (and onto land) as long as the
>>>> pursuit started in US waters.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regardless of how often they really get away, it's not normal to blow
>>>> up someone's boat as a law enforcement action.  We also don't execute drug
>>>> traffickers, and even when the state executes someone there's a trial
>>>> first.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> but.....
>>>>
>>>>    1. post-911 we treat foreign terrorist organizations as enemy
>>>>    combatants
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    1. the executive branch gets to decide who counts as an FTO.  The
>>>>    sec of state, sec of treasury, and attorney general all have to agree, 
>>>> but
>>>>    they also all have the same boss.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    1. Nobody can really stop the executive branch from declaring an
>>>>    FTO.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    1. Congress could pass a bill to override someone's listing as an
>>>>       FTO, but to date they've never done it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    1. The courts could overturn an FTO listing, but for a lot of
>>>>       reasons it's almost impossible.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So effectively the President and/or their cabinet has a completely
>>>> legal pathway to authorize military force against just about anyone, and
>>>> there's very little anyone can do about it.  It's not that I have sympathy
>>>> for drug smugglers, it's that all we can do is take someone's word for it
>>>> that it was a drug smuggler.  If anyone is totally comfortable with that
>>>> then I'm curious what your rationale is.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Hohhof <
>>>> [email protected]>
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 22, 2025 3:00 PM
>>>> *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]>
>>>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *https://x.com/SecWar/status/1981049943306752361
>>>> <https://x.com/SecWar/status/1981049943306752361>*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I thought the Coast Guard was able to intercept boats and board them,
>>>> arrest people and confiscate cargo.  I seem to remember they specifically
>>>> acquired high speed boats that were a match for anything a drug runner
>>>> might have.
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