Alan Zweibel

Trump doubles down on plan for 600,000 Chinese student visas despite MAGA backlash President faces pushback from conservatives including Michael Flynn over 600,000 visa plan President Donald Trump on Monday defended his administration’s plan to offer 600,000 visas to Chinese students — a move that has drawn criticism from within conservative circles. Fox News’ Laura Ingraham pressed Trump during an interview on "The Ingraham Angle," questioning how the proposal was "pro-MAGA" if it crowded out spots for American students and whether universities were "getting rich" from Chinese money. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-doubles-down-plan-600000-chinese-student-visas-despite-maga-backlash

Thanks for the explanation.

Otherwise known as con fusion.

So, tell us. Why did you choose to mention his appearance at the UN and not his meeting with Trump? And how cozy they now are?

I apologize. I should have called him a leftist. To most of the people on the right, that seems to be a distinction without a difference.

I don't know what toxicity you're talking about. There's a whole field called agrovoltaics where solar and plants or animals co-exist just fine. As for maintenance, it's a good thing that fossil fuel plants don't require much. Otherwise, you wouldn't have much of point.

I don't know where you got that 6000 acre figure from. According to this source: https://seia.org/initiatives/land-use-solar-development/ it currently takes from 5-7 acres to generate 1MW of solar. So, let's take an average of 6 acres. That would be 600 acres of land. But the thing is, that unlike nuclear power, progress is being made very rapidly in the world of solar. For instance, it looks like with the very recent advent of commercially viable tandem perovskite cells, solar pv efficiency is going to jump by about 25% at first and ultimately by about 2/3. So, for now, instead of 600 acres, only 480 will be required. On top of which, at a new 100 MW solar plant in Texas, a new configuration for solar cells has been adopted. It will require at most 2.5 acres per MW. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/a-100mw-solar-farm-in-texas-will-mount-panels-directly-on-the-ground So instead of 480 acres of land, about 250 will be required. If you want to have a margin of safety,even a plant with twice the capacity would be about 500 acres of solar PV. For storage I guess you's have to add on a few acres as well as for other stuff. But no way 6000 acres are required.

Bill Gates hits back at Trump after climate memo response: ‘It’s a gigantic misreading’ https://www.the-independent.com/climate-change/bill-gates-climate-change-memo-b2858293.html As Gates points out, the outlook for emission levels is a lot less than it used to be. And with China fully engaged to wean itself from fossil fuels, that's inevitable. As for waterfront properties...do you think someone with that much money is really going to care if eventually some of his properties are submerged?

More reliable? Signficantly more reliable? If something goes serioiusly wrong with an SMR it's going to be a lot harder to repair than if something goes wrong with a solar plant. And data centers aren't usually situated in population centers. Rural land is cheaper. And with the advent of agrovoltaics, solar farms can also be used for agricultre. I kind of doubt many people will want to live near or do business near an SMR..

And yet the Trump campaign hired not one but 2 forensic firms to see if they could find any evidence to back up those claims. They came up with virtually nothing.

One person. Almost 3/4 of the Republican members of the House of Representatives voted not to accept the results of the 2020 election.

I wonder if there is any significant Constitutional difference between the extent of this pardon and one which pardons everybody everywhere for every federal crime that they may have committed.

Really? Canada's first SMR project: How is CAD20.9 billion cost calculated? The go-ahead has been given for Ontario Power Generation to begin construction of the first of four small modular reactors at the Darlington New Nuclear Project site - the total projected cost is CAD20.9 billion (USD15.1 billion), but what does that figure include? https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/what-is-the-budget-for-canadas-first-smr-project

What does the temperature have to do with solar power? In fact, solar cells operate better when temperatures are lower. Just got to wipe off the snow. Regulators Approve Largest Solar Project in Wisconsin History The Public Service Commission (PSCW) of Wisconsin has approved construction of a $2 billion solar power project that could have more than 1,300 MW of generation capacity. The Vista Sands Solar Project, sited on more than 6,000 acres in Portage County, was greenlighted by a unanimous vote of the PSCW on Dec. 12. Vista Sands as presently designed would be more than four times the size of the state’s largest current solar array, the 300-MW Badger Hollow Solar Park in the southwestern part of the state. The first phase of that solar farm entered commercial operation in late 2021. Vista Sands also is expected to have 300 MW of battery energy storage. https://www.powermag.com/regulators-approve-largest-solar-project-in-wisconsin-history/

Here's the same thing from another lying dishonest source. Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, others involved in 2020 election interference saga President Donald Trump has granted "full, complete and unconditional" pardons to several key allies accused of attempting to overturn the 2020 election, U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin announced Sunday night. In a post on X, Martin shared Trump's proclamation granting pardons for dozens of people, including notable figures like Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and Sidney Powell. The proclamation said the pardons are granted "to all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential electors, whether or not recognized by any State or State official, in connection with the 2020 Presidential Election, as well for any conduct relating to their efforts to expose voting fraud and vulnerabilities in the 2020 Presidential Election." https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-pardons-giuliani-mark-meadows-sidney-powell-others-involved-2020-election-interference-saga The thing is, most of the charges brought against these defendants are state based. Which means Trump's pardon will have no effect on state prosecutions.

Well, I asked what would be the cost of an SMR for 100 MW. The smallest SMR output is 300 MW. the very optimistic estimate was in the neighborhood of 1 billion dollars based on a 1/3 share. . Nuclear power plants consistently cost more than the estimates. Whereas solar and battery costs consistently cost less over time. I then asked what would be the cost of a 200 MW solar farm with full battery backup. The answer was $170 million to $280 million.

Really? You go off on irrelevant tangents about some people in the environmental movement. That argues obsession. What in my comments is not relevant to the issue at hand? Except, of course, pointing out the irrelevancies of members like you.

Cost? source of your info?

You're asking the wrong question. It isn't how many solar panels are required but what would be the cost of a solar plus battery equivalent. The costs of both are still declining. And the great thing about SMRs is that they won't be fully insured by private insurers. No sane private insurer would want to take on the full risk. The government assumes liability beyond what insurers would cover.

Prove that the government paid for it.

Are you claiming that the information is false? Please share with us your sources via links. And please spare us video rants.

Obsessed much?

As for intellectual property rights and industrial espionage...if that is the case as far as batteries go, then Chinese agents must be traveling into the future to steal the western companies' manufacturing secrets since they are mostly ahead of the West now. There are some very promising battery technologies being developed in the USA, but since the Trump administration prefers to nurture nuclear and fossil fuel development, those advances will probably be brought to fruition elsewhere

Forget Northern Michigan. How about a solar farm in Alaska? Alaska's Largest Solar Farm now Powering MEA Members On Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Renewable IPP, CleanCapital, Alaska Energy Authority and Matanuska Electric Association held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the launch of Alaska's new largest, 8.5 MW solar farm. More than 100 guests attended the ceremony including partners who helped make the project a success from the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, City of Houston, MEA, AEA, and state and local officials.The 8.5 MW Houston Solar Farm -the largest solar site in the state - is located in the City of Houston, Alaska on Matanuska-Susitna Borough land. https://www.mea.coop/news/alaskas-largest-solar-farm-now-powering-mea-members

Another case of your reading miscomprehension. Britman Too was comparing the low cost of batteries in Thailand to what he believed was the high cost in Western countries. He blamed leftist governments in the western world. I pointed out to him that China is by far the largest source of batteries and that if he's going to blame leftists for the rise in costs that must mean that Trump is a leftist since he's imposing huge tariffs on chinese goods.