Logi Rush

[Logi Rush @LogiDude]

@TeslaStarTruk @SpaceX I was thinking about the west end of Quintana Beach (near Freeport) for southward launches for polar and (maybe) sun synchronous orbits. But unfortunately it is alongside the intracoastal waterway and also too close to the LNG plant.

[Logi Rush @LogiDude]

@MorganWKhan @SpaceX I was thinking about a possible site at the west of Quintana Beach, southwest of Freeport. It would be suitable for polar orbits, but less ideal for sun-synchonrous orbits (98 degrees). However, the site is only 3.5 miles (5.6km) from the LNG facility, probably too close. (Dang!)

[Logi Rush @LogiDude]

@SERobinsonJr The Gibbons Creek site is conveniently located near potential major future infrastructure projects, including I-14 (yellow/green), the I-214 loop (blue) and the Texas High Speed rail station. I made this map from the I-14 study site. Thick lines are potential alignments.

[Logi Rush @LogiDude]

@Ryan4Tesla7 @alvianchoiri @BocasBrain @grok Maybe I should have said Cape Canaveral is not ideal for polar launches. It has been done, but it is rare because the maneuvering to avoid South Florida (some efficiency loss) and overflight of Cuba.

[Logi Rush @LogiDude]

@CaminaDrummer4 @billy_boi6 @BocasBrain A big problem with logistics & manufacturing is the negligible workforce in the immediate area, and limited workforce 1 hour away in Lafayette or Lake Charles. Infrastructure is also minimal. Starbase isn't perfect but has a nearby airport, industry, resort hotels, and population

[Logi Rush @LogiDude]

@BocasBrain Possibility: this may be an environmental "mitigation bank" to offset impacts at other locations. Seems unlikely, since mitigation normally needs to be near the impact. However, 136k acres is huge, and there is negligible workforce nearby and minimal workforce an hour away.

[Logi Rush @LogiDude]

@Mojitohhhh @torygattis For a $35 billion loan for 30 years at 5% interest, the yearly payment for interest and principal is $2.2768 billion. Divide that by the 6 million riders they claim they can get, and the capital cost is $379 per rider. That doesn't include operations and maintenance.

[Logi Rush @LogiDude]

@gratifihouston @torygattis Rural interstate reconstruction is much less expensive than high speed rail. A section of I-10 west of Houston, complete rebuild to 6 lanes with frontage roads, is $35 million per mile. High speed rail is around $146 million per mile.
https://t.co/qgY25KHHS5

[Logi Rush @LogiDude]

@SwinkMcCloud @the_transit_guy @torygattis https://t.co/qgY25KHHS5

[Logi Rush @LogiDude]

@SwinkMcCloud @the_transit_guy @torygattis Your statement is total nonsense.
A 12.3 mile rural section of I-10 is currently being totally rebuilt and widened, including the frontage roads (around 10 lanes total). The low bid was $424.9 million, $35 million per mile.
High speed rail is estimated at $146 million/mile

[Logi Rush @LogiDude]

@herzegovinian97 @the_transit_guy @torygattis That is for I-45 inside Houston. That is not a valid comparison to high speed rail, which goes between cities. In 2022 TxDOT estimated the cost of rebuilding and widening I-45 between Houston in Dallas at $2.4 billion.
https://t.co/7v0vl55B1D

[Logi Rush @LogiDude]

@the_transit_guy @torygattis The cost of rebuilding the remaining 4-lane sections of I-45 between Houston and Dallas to 6-lanes was estimated to be $2.4 billion in 2022. It is probably higher now, but still probably less than 1/10 of high speed rail.
https://t.co/7v0vl55B1D

[Logi Rush @LogiDude]

@houstontxjack @torygattis @OscarSlotboom I didn't find any info about cost sharing for the Midtown caps, so I can't confirm your understanding. If correct, it would be very favorable for local cap funding. As noted in the blog post, local cost could be below $50 million/acre due to the angled cross streets

[Logi Rush @LogiDude]

@ScotWasham @WallStreetApes Yes they spent massively on rail public transit, only to see huge drops in ridership since 2013.
https://t.co/zK7X4MO59k

[Logi Rush @LogiDude]

@WallStreetApes Keep in mind a new lot has many fixed costs, including construction of the street, water service, sewage service and possibly electricity and broadband (which may be covered by others). I think these basics plus land are going to cost at least $50,000. Then add the house cost.

[Logi Rush @LogiDude]

@johnarnold Los Angeles has ended virtually all freeway improvements and put all their money into transit. The result: a huge decrease in transit ridership since the 2013 peak, with rail ridership DOWN 43.5% since 2013 and 30.7% since 2019.

https://t.co/zK7X4MO59k

[Logi Rush @LogiDude]

@WallStreetApes $77.25 in Houston for a 2014 Subaru Forester. Houston, DFW, Austin and El Paso require an emissions inspection which costs $18.50 in Houston, so the total is $95.75 in Houston.

[Logi Rush @LogiDude]

@SlingerRyan @johnarnold Good point. Even in the 2008 Great Recession, inflation from January 2008 to January 2009 was 0%. It's basically impossible to get economy-wide deflation, so it's an invalid idea that we can ever get aggregate price levels to decrease.
https://t.co/SpJfvDV6wc

[Logi Rush @LogiDude]

@Gijoe1077 @MAGAVoice @Anti_Woke_Gamer The welfare states have a lot to do with replacement. To meet vast welfare obligations, governments need economic growth and they think they can get it with immigration. When immigrants mostly collect welfare, economies don't grow and we get a vicious circle of taxes and/or debt.