I_Has_A_Hat
Ok, then don't buy any 🤪
Using a gun with a 25' effective range
Translation: I know fuck all about shotguns beyond what I've seen in movies and video games.
If the US reserves gold, why do they also reserve silver? Why do they reserve grain, oil, steel, cheese, or foreign currencies?
Because it's dumb to put all your eggs in one basket and the more you diversify, the safer it is. Like it or not, Bitcoin is an asset; and barring a global disaster that knocks out all electronics, it's unlikely to go away. It makes sense to have some and sit on it.
Will there come a time when everything falls apart and the only way to trade with another power is with tons of wheels of cheese? Probably not, but if it does, the US is ready.
Will the same ever happen with Bitcoin? Probably not, but if it does, the US is ready.
Every time I see an article or comment going "Trump can't do that! The Constitution will protect us!" I just think of that scene in Game of Thrones where Ned tries to depose Cersei by revealing a signed statement from the king declaring him the ruler of the realm, and she just takes it and casually rips it up in front of everyone before arresting him.
"Is this your plan? A piece of paper?"
He controls all 3 branches of government. So what if he goes against the constitution? Just who the hell do you think is going to stop him?
My God, it's like all those statues started out as columns and it was easier to carve the arms like that instead of sticking them out!
Should there be a collapse of the US economy, or global markets stop using the dollar standard, or sanctions placed on US banks by other countries, a store of alternative currency is good to have.
I'm talking about capturing the vapor, letting it condense, and then dropping the condensed water from its capture point. It's not about exploiting the remaining energy from heat & pressure contained in the steam, but exploiting the gravitational potential energy created from all that water vapor rising and coming out the top of the cooling towers. Kinda like how we create energy batteries by pumping water uphill into a reservoir for later use, except we wouldn't have to use any additional energy to pump it uphill.
You can get a hell of a vertical drop for free though. A typical nuclear cooling tower, for instance, is about 500ft and thats not the limit to how high the water vapor will travel. Even a couple thousand gallons at that height is a lot of potential energy that could be recaptured, and it appears that large nuclear plants release several million gallons of water per day.
I'm aware. My point stands.
This assumes there is an exact 1:1 ratio of male to female snakes, which is almost certainly not the case.
To OP and others giving similar answers; ok, so you take control of the person...
Do you actually know how to do the things you say?
Using OP as an example, do you know how to use those hacking tools? Do you know how to go about hacking everyone's phone? Because otherwise the only thing you'll have access to for a minute is whatever is in arms reach of said NSA agent.