Remember, 700B pays for around 400 space shuttles.
Just to give a sense of scale.
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#32A monocle, a cape and a vizier. Then I'll do whatever he tells me to do with it.
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#33I don't see how this is different than any of the other "Non Hacker News" stories yet this one gets approval. What's up?
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#34give $11,000 to each of the 62 million households in the u.s. making under $50,000. watch the ensuing chaos with glee.
$50K is a lot of money! Can any household still be considered poor with $49K a year?
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#35Invest 50 billion and spend each years profit trying to build a real working fusion power plant, (~1 new ITER style plant design per year pick the best one and build it every 5.) when that's working invest the 50billion in power plants and keep growing till all the worlds energy needs are met. I expect 20 - 30 years till first one works and then massive ramp up.
50 billion 3rd world sweat shops to jump start the worlds economy.
100 billion, retro fit a lane on all US highway's with electric grids / contacts so there is no need for battery systems and we can go electric now. I would start by targeting the commercial trucking industry and then move to cars.
1billion fun money for me.
And I don't know about the rest.
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#36Solar electric for, back of the envelope, maybe 1/3rd of the US total electricity supply. I'm not an electric power expert - maybe someone with actual expertise will correct me.
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#37Build a space elevator and start mining the asteroids. This involves a robot army that would need to be built as well. No, I'm not joking
I would agree - and combine solar panels on the moon that is beamed back to earth.
Ideally if you could figure out how to build a factory on the moon to mine and produce the first wave of robots/solar power too.
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#38Put it in the bank.
A non-failing bank, I hope.
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#39If you'll settle for Zimbabwe dollars, that shouldn't be too hard to arrange.
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#40Remember, 700B pays for around 400 space shuttles. Just to give a sense of scale.
Better yet - 612B is what Pentagon is getting in 2009.