A fun theory, but they don't have a significant naval force with which
to cross the ocean. They do have a lot of container ships
Since we're wearing our tinfoil hats: "Hey U.S. these 100 container
ships are just the backlog of shipping from the pandemic. Definitely
not a million troops hidden in these containers. Nothing to worry about
here."
On 4/10/2020 10:50 AM, Steve Jones wrote:
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
<mailto: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
<mailto: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?
>
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