Tin foil hat on. The people this is lethal to are the most expensive members of society to maintain. Eliminating that cost and resource drain makes a nation super efficient. Especially if you simply let them die. If a nation like china were preparing for conflict, that would be an ideal prior act. Almost every other global nation of merit will do everything they can to save all those people. Including decimating production, shorting the food supply chain and bankrupting the economy. If I were a rogue nation like china, I'd attack the hobbled US within the year
On Fri, Apr 10, 2020, 8:06 AM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > It has occurred to me that allowing things to take shape naturally and > allowing 1-2 million people with underlying conditions to die might be the > better course for the country economically. That might include my wife and > children who have asthma, so no. > > > On 4/10/2020 8:20 AM, justsumname . wrote: > > Pretty safe assumption that 'most people' are not the least bit aware of > many things. > And therefore not prepared for much of anything. > > The virus isn't so bad, it's the people reacting to it. > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 11:21 PM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> My own utility bills won't be different. Kids are home schooled so we >> kept the heat up at 66 all day anyway. It drops to 60 when people >> should be in bed under their blankets. I've spent more on home >> improvement. Lowes and Home Depot both deliver by the way, and my >> weekends are not taken up by kids birthday parties, soccer games, etc. >> So I've been catching up on house projects. Meanwhile I've spent next to >> nothing on luxuries, restaurants, or entertainment. My personal >> financials before and after are probably a wash. .....though perhaps >> I'm atypical. >> >> Here's one prediction: https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/ >> >> About 2/3 of the way down: ""The economic slowdown and stay-at-home >> orders are likely to affect U.S. electricity consumption over the next >> few months. EIA expects the largest impact will occur in the commercial >> sector where forecast retail sales of electricity fall by 4.7% in 2020 >> due to the closure of many businesses. Similarly, EIA expects retail >> sales of electricity to the industrial sector will fall by 4.2% in 2020 >> as many factories cut back production. Forecast U.S. sales of >> electricity to the residential sector fall by 0.8% in 2020, as reduced >> power usage resulting from milder winter and summer weather is offset by >> increased household electricity consumption as much of the population >> stays at home."" >> >> On 4/9/2020 4:28 PM, Nate Burke wrote: >> > I wonder how many people don't realize that by staying home all day, >> > their utility usage is going to be way up. I'm surprised I haven't >> > heard more about that being covered. Keeping the house warmer all >> > day, and the TV on all costs $$$. It's not free, like the Internet. >> > >> > I'm also curious how much total energy usage has changed. They say >> > pollution is down because driving is down. I think most heavy >> > manufacturing is still up and running. The office buildings can't >> > change their HVAC programs because there are still a couple people in >> > the buildings working, especially if they're all remoteing into their >> > office desktop machines. And daytime residential usage should be >> > dramatically up. Or is energy consumption based on the person, and is >> > directly tied to where that person is at? >> > >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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