Logi Rush

@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.

@alvianchoiri @LogiDude @BocasBrain @grok why would Cape Canaveral be suitable or not be suitable to support sun synchronous orbital launches for proposed data center satellites?

Spacex - xAI campus potential in Louisiana, potentially a bigger deal than ever; 136 thousand acres or more visually 212 square miles of real estate : keatyblog.com/spacex-pecan-i…

@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

@billy_boi6 @BocasBrain Probably logistics and manufacturing. Launching polar to the east would cover most of South America so not good, but to the west would cover just a slim part of Mexico in OAXACA.

@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.

@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.

@torygattis Over a 10 year period?

Update from a friend on Texas High Speed Rail: the latest cost estimate is $35 billion. Using 5% interest (probably too low, since Treasury bonds are 4.9%) and their estimate of 6 million riders per year (probably too high), the interest cost per passenger will be $291.70 🤯

@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. dot.state.tx.us/insdtdot/orgch…

@torygattis Wait til you find out how much freeways cost. Oh, and don't forget the lost sales and property tax revenue.

@SwinkMcCloud @the_transit_guy @torygattis dot.state.tx.us/insdtdot/orgch…

@the_transit_guy @torygattis They’ll never talk how I-45 upgrading a high way is more per mile than TX or CAHSR.

@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

@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. ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot/get-…

@the_transit_guy @torygattis I-45 will cost more than $9 Billion as of 2022

@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. ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot/get-…

@torygattis Now do I-45 and I-35 expansions!

@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

@torygattis @OscarSlotboom What I understood was that TXDOT was funding most of the most expensive part (the deck and structure) for the Midtown and EaDo decks. But if you want heavier amenities (e.g. large trees, built structures), the localities would have to pony up the additional structural cost.

Freeway Deck Parks: time for a reality check Everything you've ever wanted to know about freeway deck parks, including specific project options in Houston. New post at Houston Strategies from @OscarSlotboom houstonstrategies.blogspot.com/2026/04/freewa…

@ScotWasham @WallStreetApes Yes they spent massively on rail public transit, only to see huge drops in ridership since 2013. opa.metro.net/MetroRidership/

@WallStreetApes I dunno... They spent $15 Billion on Lite Rail didn't they? /s

WOW 🚨 Mayor Karen Bass admits on camera that California Democrats haven’t invested in Los Angeles infrastructure “IN DECADES” The city of Los Angeles has taken in $100 billion in taxes in the last 20 years and Democrats haven’t invested in infrastructure. Where does it go?? “We are a large city, and one of the things that I think is so profoundly Unfortunate is that we have not invested in our infrastructure for decades, and this is the consequences. We shouldn't have to always be filling 10,000 potholes”

@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.

American is a Millennial and is having a hard time finding any home in her price range so she went to look at this San Antonio Texas tiny home community These homes cost $136,000–$165,000 for just 600 square feet We can’t let this be normalized. Americans should be able to afford a good sized starter home to raise a family

@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. opa.metro.net/MetroRidership/

The intercity rail lines that would pass a benefit-cost test are already built. New proposals are hugely expensive and add little relative to existing options. By contrast, some new intracity lines could make sense. This proposed automated subway along the 405 in LA is one. While costly, it would save both passengers and drivers significant time. As autonomous vehicles expand, the last-mile problem shrinks. That should increase demand for high-capacity rail in sprawling cities like LA. This is the rail that makes sense to build. Link to article in reply.

@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.

This is absolutely insane California resident shows the DMV notice he received in the mail to renew the registration on his truck To just register his truck there are 6 different charges and fees This should be illegal

@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. data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpical…

@johnarnold Price level is high, inflation is low. Most of congress has no idea the difference

Two things I hear in every conversation with a member of Congress: 1) "Inflation is still too high and a real concern" 2) "Here are my ideas for new tax cuts and/or spending programs"

@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.

@MAGAVoice @Anti_Woke_Gamer Governments allowing this are worried about births, when the local populace don’t meet the birth rates, to keep taxes coming in, they will replace them with people who breed more tax payers. It’s a governmental form of self survival.

HOLY SH*T WE ARE GETTING REPLACED

@johnkrausphotos I've been to two launches. In my opinion, getting very close to the fully stacked rocket is better than the actual launch.

Starship Flight 11 launches in seven hours! Starbase is entirely accessible to the public. Anyone can get this close to the rocket just a few hours before liftoff. Come see the most exciting engineering project undertaken by humanity!

@DaveF63 @rweb11742 Elon talked about multiple launches per day, and my first thought is that SpaceX can stage multiple ships on the pad. But Pad 2 is in the exhaust area of the Tower 2 flame trench, so that seems to eliminate ship staging on that pad when Tower 2 is used.

@rweb11742 What's a staging pad? Is that for landing if the catch arms are out of commission?

SpaceX and the USACE are proposing a large expansion of the Launch Site in Starbase. Pad A would be redone to the current launch pad design and LNG liquefaction and generation plants would be added. swg.usace.army.mil/Media/Public-N…

@DAckman3 @rweb11742 That seems like a good idea. However, I think rocket LNG needs to be ultra pure (with contaminants removed), and the LNG terminal surely uses dirty natural gas from the pipelines.

@rweb11742 SpaceX seems to always have multiple options in play, how about leveraging the conveniently located new LNG Terminals being built