Current Stsrlink satellites generate approximately 75kW (and future ones possibly double that).. So you'd need something around 10,000 of them to provide the equivalent of a single earthbound GW… (View Post)

Which wouldn't be so bad except that an increasing proportion of our government debt - along with our companies shares - is held overseas. We're slowly becoming debt slaves to the rest of t… (View Post)

Far more seriously and importantly, how would you cast a Muppet Odyssey ? (And is Michael Cane too old to star ?) I am considering one of the most pressing questions of our era: in a Muppets Odyssey,… (View Post)

Absolutely. War debt is a great example. Without it, we simply couldn't have paid for any of our major wars, and it took decades to pay off. It wasn't even productive investment (wars are e… (View Post)

There is a far more fundamental principle - people respond to incentives. The top rate of tax is only one of those incentives. (View Post)