Robert Dean

Software architect, husband/dad, video game and technology enthusiast, politically independent, believer in science and facts.

[Robert Dean @deanrl]

@ArthurMacwaters Your math or your facts are ridiculously bad. Debt service is $1T on its own.

[Robert Dean @deanrl]

@ArthurMacwaters Debt service is the biggest line item in the federal budget.

[Robert Dean @deanrl]

@buitengebieden Lap dogs are so last year
Lap donkeys are the new hotness

[Robert Dean @deanrl]

@elonmusk @redpillb0t Don't be taken in by misinformation.

[Robert Dean @deanrl]

@ClassicLearner Good thing we don't ship our kids off to China or Russia then.

[Robert Dean @deanrl]

@elonmusk More authoritarian state control? Wow, that's the dream right there.

[Robert Dean @deanrl]

@SecretaryBurgum @POTUS Coal is more expensive than any renewable, except offshore wind, let alone other fossil fuels. Natural gas is cheaper per unit and produces no ash.

[Robert Dean @deanrl]

@WallStreetApes This isn't the thing that will lower healthcare costs. You need to do a broader analysis of the cost drivers in healthcare and tackle them, focusing on pure overhead costs first.

[Robert Dean @deanrl]

@justin_hart It's not good, but far less problematic than what POTUS 47 posts.

[Robert Dean @deanrl]

Student loans need to be restructured. Folks whose "low monthly payment" barely covers interest so they never make headway on principal wind up paying multiples of the principal in interest. At some point you have to rethink how financing works... maybe cap the interest or use a flat fee instead.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

This is good information and clearly shows that when deportations are done, lawfully, and correctly, the public doesn’t have a problem. But when you are breaking multiple human rights laws just to try to deport people like animals, you will have social unrest.

[Robert Dean @deanrl]

@SecretaryBurgum The economics of offshore wind don't make sense, but onshore wind and solar are cheaper -- by a LOT -- than coal, gas, and nuclear. Lumping all "green" energy together is ridiculous.

[Robert Dean @deanrl]

@TechOperator They're trusting the words of politicians who kiss the rings of the oil & gas industry executives.

[Robert Dean @deanrl]

@Saganismm IMO, it's everything from the reasons you mentioned to rejecting authoritative sources because politicians they like are claiming (without legitimate basis) that those sources are tainted.

[Robert Dean @deanrl]

@NC_Governor Offshore wind isn't one of those cheap sources.

[Robert Dean @deanrl]

@TechOperator No trips to the gas station.
Routine maintenance is basically tires and windshield washer fluid.
Operating cost per mile is still lower.

[Robert Dean @deanrl]

@SecretaryBurgum That being said, I will clarify that I don't believe offshore wind makes as much sense as onshore wind, or solar (particularly rooftop). The high installation and maintenance costs put its per-kWh costs up there with non-renewable sources.

[Robert Dean @deanrl]

@SecretaryBurgum Baloney. The costs are on a case-by-case basis, with nuclear being the most expensive on average. Even coal is more expensive when comparing the top end of both ranges.

[Robert Dean @deanrl]

@CaptMarkKelly The economics of offshore wind don't make as much sense as onshore wind and solar projects. It costs too much to install and maintain, for a non-competitive cost per kWh.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Vaccines didn't get rid of bubonic plague it's true. There was no vaccine.

It ended by itself.

After wiping out half of Europe's population