Container ships last I heard are staging on the coast for14 day quarantine, if that's true, which it may not be, you can move a whole lot of military gear and troops in those things. And there's a good probability those troops have antibodies
On Fri, Apr 10, 2020, 12:03 PM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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> 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 >> > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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