Tesla’s Introduction Speech to the Gigafactory in Nevada, Elon Musk, 4 September 2014
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How Many Joules?
- Tesla Model S with large battery pack, 265 mile range = 306 million joules
- 2017 Honda Civic 12.4 gallon gas tank, (2017 best selling car in US) = 1,490 million joules
- Energy from 1 barrel of oil (BOE unit) = 5.86 billion joules
1. Fusion Explained in a Nutshell by Kurzgesagt
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2. JET, Joint European Torus, largest magnetic confinement fusion reactor.
- JET is the current record holder for controlled fusion energy production by most measures. The record was set in 1997. See video.
- Located in Oxfordshire, UK.
- Annual budget 2014-2018 = 145.6 million euros ~ $175 million per year. Source.
- Video is from 2014.
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3. National Ignition Facility, was the largest effort at inertial based fusion.
- The fusion ignition effort ended in April 2014, but is still one HUGE laser. Do not point this laser at your eye.
- Located in California, USA.
- NIF total cost was ~$3.5 billion. Source.
- Video is from 2009.
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4. More References
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ITER will be a larger version of JET
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LPPFusion is a large current private attempt at fusion
Click here to search fusion on this site.
Must Watch! Rob Morris, More Freedom Foundation, Amazon HQ2 Is A Scam, Feb 2018
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Also: Beware the Tech Utopians
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Click here for The Big Five, my post comparing the sizes of Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook to size the size of the US government.
- $142.57 billion = Amazon’s annual revenue, ~ 2.7x the annual revenue of the city of New York.
- $53.0 billion = city of New York’s annual tax revenue. (from NYC.gov)
Amazon’s latest post regarding the “competition.”
All Nate TV, click here.
Rob Morris’ More Freedom Foundation, selected videos
3 Reasons Saudi Arabia Is More Dangerous Than Iran, Oct 2017
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How the Reformation Started the Modern World, Jun 2017
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9/11: The Shocking Truth, Apr 2017
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3 More Reasons Putin Will Never Touch Estonia, Mar 2017
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Bitcoin 101 by The Wall Street Journal, Dec 2017
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The History of Paper Money Part II by Extra Credits History
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The History of Paper Money Part VI, The Gold Standard by Extra Credits History
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Fiat Money, Explained by Paddy Hirsch
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How Bitcoin Works in 5 Minutes by Curious Inventor, Apr 2014
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Life Inside a Secret Chinese Bitcoin Mine by Motherboard, Feb 2015
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60 Hours of 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attack, Fareed Zakaria (from 2008)
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Interrogation and cell phone conversations:
- First 3:50 is interrogation.
- 5:00 – 5:20
- 10:10 – 10:20
- 11:20 – 11:50
- 21:50 – 22:40
- 22:50 – 23:30
- 29:30 – 30:00
- 31:10 – 31:30
- 33:30 – 34:00
- 34:30 – 34:50
- 35:30 – 35:50
- 37:10 – 37:50
- 41:30 – 43:30
- 44:10 – 48:00 terrorists’ final minutes.
- 49:30 – End is more interrogation.
Produce. Persist. Own. Succeed. Fail. Care. Do. Learn. Win.