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I thought the Vegas Trickle Murdered was his Nephew.

I do remember watching that on AMW

 

I remember him on the 'Cup' curcuit. Oldest Rookie Of the Year!!

 

I believe the Movie was a Fictionalization of Tim Richmond.

Or that Cole was Loosely based on Tim.

You are correct, Chris Trickle was Dick's nephew. A little trivia about Chris; after his murder (which is still unsolved BTW) he was replaced in the Southwest Tour late model he had been driving by Kurt Busch who then went on to win the championship in that division. And the rest is history. Who know what would've happened to either of them if things had been different.

And the Tom Cruse character in Days of Thunder was loosely, VERY loosely based on Tim Richmond.

Isnt days of thunder after him or the sport

No. One of the characters in the movie was named Cole Trickle but it wasn't a reference to him.

 

1) The development of aviation was largely subsidized and funded by governments. The U.S. Army bought Wright Flyers when they weren't much beyond curiosities, and U.S. Mail carrier contracts helped to spur further development as did continuing military utilization of unproven aircraft.

Kinda splittin' hairs there.

The government was a CUSTOMER of the aviation industry, just like you or I might be a customer of the automotive industry when we buy a car. The government publishes specs of an airplane they'd like to buy and aircraft companies compete for that business. The cost of the R&D for that aircraft is spread out through the contracted price of each aircraft. The government wasn't artificially "subsidizing" an industry, they were buying products that they wanted and needed.

That's very different from the government using tax dollars to prop up a company that's operating in the red and ultimately goes bankrupt.

And NASA, Andy, works the same way. All of their launch vehicles, the space shuttle, etc. are built by contractors that won the business through the competitive bid process. NASA is a customer buying products they need.

People used to ride horses to get anywhere. Along came cars and the world was changed forever. People used to read by candlelight or gaslight. Along came the incandescent light bulb and the world was changed forever. People used to travel overseas by ship. Along came the airplane and the way we travel changed forever. Alternative energy sources are going to be as big, if not more so.

The difference is that all of those advances were made by private investment in a free market system. The incentive was to make a better, more economical mouse trap so that consumers would want to buy it. There was no waste of tax dollars by the government propping up technologies that were not yet ready for the market.

Leave the alternative energy industry alone and let it find a way to make a profit by producing an economical product and things will progress a lot faster.

And now I'm going to go watch the Cup race from Darlington and leave you greenies to keep on dreaming! 

 

I think I'm seeing the problem here. Germany is about 375,000 sq. KILOMETERS, while Montana is about 13,000 sq. MILES. Do the MATH.

 

Math is our friend.

 

Understanding and accuracy makes comparisons SO much more meaningful.

Oops, my bad.