Post #336,644
12/3/10 5:02:23 PM
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Defence spending isn't it
you really want to make a bunch of jobs? Start fixing your infrastructure.
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Post #336,645
12/3/10 5:03:38 PM
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Lest I repeat myself...
I've been harping on that since this all began...and before
So, yes, I agree.
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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Post #336,804
12/6/10 5:51:05 PM
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Yeah I know you have
would that the folks who actually have the purse strings would figure that out.
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Post #336,808
12/6/10 6:18:00 PM
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$1T would build alot of infrastructure, n'est-ce pas?
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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Post #336,817
12/6/10 7:28:00 PM
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my math gets dodgy above 1B but at
2 million a mile for roads that is 500 miles of roads
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Post #336,841
12/7/10 3:59:23 AM
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Sorry box...
$1B == 500 miles of road @ $2M/mile
$1T == 500,000 miles of road @ $2M/mile.
Significant difference.
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Post #336,847
12/7/10 7:54:23 AM
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I thout a 1T
was a one followed by 12 zeros divided by 1 million a one followed by 9 zeros x 2?
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Post #336,856
12/7/10 9:51:49 AM
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ok...
1M == 1 with six zeros
1B == 1 with nine zeroes
1T == 1 with twelve zeroes
you are dividing twelve zeroes by six zeroes divided by 2
So at $2,000,000 per mile, you get 500 miles per $1,000,000,000 and there are a 1,000 billions in a trillion. So you add 3 more zeroes to the outcome. giving you 500,000.
Or drop 6 zeros from both operators and you get the same result. or $1,000,000 divided by $2 gives you 500,000.
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Post #336,858
12/7/10 10:02:04 AM
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thx
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Post #336,877
12/7/10 3:04:52 PM
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Right...which means
we can rebuild, from scratch, the entire national highway system (more than twice)..we could rebuild the interstate system about 100 times...or just upgrade everything, inclusive of bridges etc....(think the bay bridge replacement came in about $6B...NYC bridges inclusive of T=Z replacement is about 9B...
And think about how many jobs that would create...
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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Post #336,878
12/7/10 3:06:55 PM
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Or, it means that you could roll out
a complete high speed rail system, which would have a much better long term impact on your ability to move yourselves around after oil gets too expensive to burn in cars. And make a boatload of jobs too...
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Post #336,879
12/7/10 3:08:33 PM
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:-)
Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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