Interesting. I'd like to see that article if you can find it.KnowMeByTrailOfDead wrote:
It was not more than a week or two ago that I was reading and article about how China's economy is headed down a path that could spell their doom. That thier population and industrial growth was not supported by the economy and within the next 5 years or so it is likely to come crashing down. If I can find the Artical I will post it.
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Electric tanks, recharged by mobile nuclear reactors. Sorted.
And bio-lubricants. Sorted again.
And with all that DU from the portable nuclear reactors, well theres a good supply of armour-piercing ammo!
And bio-lubricants. Sorted again.
And with all that DU from the portable nuclear reactors, well theres a good supply of armour-piercing ammo!
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it seems i forgot to add the words "free market", damnKEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Ha! I knew it you hippy socialist trash!kr@cker wrote:
edit: I'm all for a nation seeking to better it's economy on the world stage, it honestly wouldn't make any difference to me if china eventually outranked the US, aside from the possible business opportunities there, so long as the nation acheives it by bettering it's own economy as opposed to doing so by hamstringing it's neighbors, a cooperative world trade economy is to the benefit of everyone
even then I never said anything about a world socialist market, just a trade situation that benefits both parties as oppposed to trying to damaging another, the equivalent of winning first place by running real fast as opposed to throwing badgers at your faster opponents
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In the sense of rationing....possibly....but I doubt its actually 100 years. Regardless of the size of it, when the time comes that we are cut off from oil, and we have to go into that, rationing will be placed.JG1567JG wrote:
Did you know that we have over a hundred year oil supply stored in this country. When ever you hear about the government tapping the oil reserves to help bring down prices, it is this 100+ year supply they are talking about. If the oil in the ground ever runs out there will still be over a 100 year supply in the United States that will be ready on tap.
i think there is some confusion as to whether the reference is to processed reserves or the untapped fields yet to be drilled, i believe he means the untapped ones, which have always been very conservatively rated, the prudhoe bay field was supposed ot run dry in the eighties and wasn't supposed produce anywhere near the bbl/day that it has for the past 2 decades or so
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Actually, I don't see where the socialist comment was even coming from. The only way to obtain cooperative world trade is through unrestricted trade. The greatest opponent of which seems to be the US currently.kr@cker wrote:
it seems i forgot to add the words "free market", damnKEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Ha! I knew it you hippy socialist trash!kr@cker wrote:
edit: I'm all for a nation seeking to better it's economy on the world stage, it honestly wouldn't make any difference to me if china eventually outranked the US, aside from the possible business opportunities there, so long as the nation acheives it by bettering it's own economy as opposed to doing so by hamstringing it's neighbors, a cooperative world trade economy is to the benefit of everyone
even then I never said anything about a world socialist market, just a trade situation that benefits both parties as oppposed to trying to damaging another, the equivalent of winning first place by running real fast as opposed to throwing badgers at your faster opponents
More research on fusion is a good idea. Fusion reactions have been sucessfully contained but there is little hope of harnessing any useable power from a fusion reaction - which uses an immense amount of power to start in the first place.Janysc wrote:
Hell, fusion reactors anyone? Clean safe energy without the nasty side-effects like radiation and toxic waste. Now, if we can figure out a way to heat up hydrogen into extreme temperatures and not burn off/melt everything around it...
That's why theoretical physics are fun. You come up with crazy ideas and pass them on to engineers and practical physicists to figure out.
But seriously. Fusion power is the future. Though "tree-hugging hippies" will probably object to the word "fusion"'s resemblence to "fission", the forementioned evil twin of fusion.
Sigh...
Fusion power is not really a viable option in the near future. Unless the attitudes on funding research towards it change. People are probably going to start posting loads of links to announcements of funding for fusion power now, but have you got any idea how much practical fusion research costs? It's a lot.
It's difficult stuff - how do you contain a prolonged reaction thats hotter than the core of the sun? Practical nuclear fusion is a long way off.
There's nothing wrong with nuclear fission though. Just ship that waste somewhere crap and bury it - no problems there.
China are going to overtake the US as a world power, it is inevitable. I think that is a scary prospect. Much as I dislike the current US administration the Chinese government scares me - a lot.
The good thing is that they are as greedy as the US gov't - maybe more - like Gordon Gecco once said "greed is good"....as long as they are making money, I am not worried about them. It is when/if their economy collapses that we might have problems. Seems like they ARE growing too fast and it is almost impossible for them to slow it down - they have no learned how to reign in their growth yet......nothing like 3 billion pissed off Chinese people with no jobs.....Bertster7 wrote:
China are going to overtake the US as a world power, it is inevitable. I think that is a scary prospect. Much as I dislike the current US administration the Chinese government scares me - a lot.
growth does no good without a good infrastructure, kinda like a fat kid with calcium deficiencies
alot of people don't realized that part of the fed regulation of interest rates is to actually reign in rapid growth as well as encourage it, while we have the infrastructure to utilize any newfound economic gains it can still lead to rapid inflation
alot of people don't realized that part of the fed regulation of interest rates is to actually reign in rapid growth as well as encourage it, while we have the infrastructure to utilize any newfound economic gains it can still lead to rapid inflation
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I cant imagine the u.s. using nuclear reactors in jets or tanks.. for 1 thing could u imagine the problems when 1 is hit or destroyed ... radiation leaks n shit ... also what if they are destroyed and/or captured on a battlefield ... I dont the government would want this type of technology falling into enemy hands.
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