Yeah, have you seen what they charge these days? It cost me nearly $150 to ship a 30” monitor in their box (another $20) from Tampa to Flagstaff. Think small flat screen TV box. Ouch.
-D > On Mar 9, 2022, at 7:45 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Why bother? That's what USP and Fedex are for --- > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 4:44 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Will my TSA Pre status let me bring it through security? >> >> -D >> >>> On Mar 9, 2022, at 4:13 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> The industry's Working On A Suitcase reactor. Totally safe and very >>> modular. I believe it when I see it. >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2022, 4:05 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Maybe we should find someone who has invested in uranium mines who could >>>> help us out >>>> >>>> --FT >>>> >>>> On 3/9/22 3:50 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: >>>>>> uranium fell back to $8/lb. >>>>> So, a pound of uranium would run my house for how long? >>>>> At about 20,000 kWH/lb I could run my house at full feed load, >>>>> electric furnace turned to '11', doors left open, my wife in charge >>>>> of the lights, and everything else turned on too, for 16 days. >>>>> >>>>> Should be able to stretch it to a month, easy, under normal >>>>> use patterns. (Perhaps three.) I'd be OK with an $8/month >>>>> power bill. With any reasonable co-generation implementation, >>>>> the waste heat would be used in the home, and that $8 could >>>>> perhaps easily stretch to a year. >>>>> >>>>> Of course, uranium has gone up, apparently rather a lot recently. >>>>> (It was $11/lb in 2003, and $100/lb in 2007.) Even so, still sounds >>>>> pretty affordable. >>>>> >>>>> Now, if only there was a "Mr. Fission" desktop reactor... >>>>> >>>>> The US Govt is sitting on some billion (!) pounds of >>>>> uranium, in the form of depleted UF6. Only needs Mr. Fission >>>>> and some slight enrichment in order to be ready to go! >>>>> >>>>> -- Jim >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> To search list archiveshttp://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> --FT >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
