Bharat Rakshak

Calvin

It is time for the Indian Government to bring those guys within CPM who are open to these agreements and make them chair or something of a group and thus bring a common statement in favour of 123 agreement and make sure that CPM agrees with it rather than pausing the agreement Why should they do th...

Calvin

How are we tying ourselves to the US? What, if anything, keeps us from pursuing our economic interests elsewhere in the world?

Calvin

I tend to agree with PoV that these are regular blasts or in connection to Mumbai blasts verdict. IB intelligence to Andhra specifically noted chatter on cross-border comms. This was orchestrated from across the border. The link to the nuclear issue may be tangential, and driven more from a realiza...

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I want the account settled before moving forward.

Why hinge this deal on that account, though?

Calvin

MR: Nice summary. The other issues that the opponents tout include:

1. India is not getting the same 123 deal as China.
2. Look at what happened to Tarapur. So, whatever the USG says, cannot be trusted.

Calvin

perhaps the India 123 could also use the same language as the China 123? Any objections?

Sraj:

Have you ever *personally* been involved in negotiating agreements?

Calvin

And we too would become Iraq-2007 unless we dont harvest at least as many nukes as US has . Parity in deterrence has nothing to do with numbers of deliverable weapons. It has to do the number of weapons that will reach their target, and the pain threshold of the nation in question. The pain thresho...

Calvin

http://www.indianembassy.org/indusrel/I ... t_1963.htm

Calvin

Basically, as mentioned before, this one should be in the pocket. Of course, not to rule out some crappy force majeure thing - you never know!!! The one "unknown" is Pakistan. Pakistan may seek to "draw" India out, by launching some spectacular attack either in India or on India...

Calvin

samuel: You are correct. I had read the following sentence in the various clauses of Section 10-1 rather carelessly, imagining that it was going to be reproduced throughout the rest of the section: SECTION 10-1: fissionable material used in or produced through the use of such nuclear materials and e...

Calvin

Any reactor that uses foreign fuel or reprocessed spent fuel whose source is foreign fuel IS under safeguard. There is no way to run massive number of FBRs with our fuel. It was my understanding that the FBRs would use Thorium as a blanket, which would then create U233. The U233 would then be used ...

Calvin

And, of course MMS will never take Bush on his 'Hyde Act is not binding'. It took Tellis to remind India that it is binding!!!! That is why MMS cannot renegotiate this deal, not because of any principles.

Hyde is binding, its just not relevant.

Calvin

First, I do not think this is the right time for India to be asking for an all encompassing "full" civilian nuclear deal, at this time. The entire, thing should have been done in stages. enqyoob has directly addressed this. What incentives does the US have to do this in stages? Neverthele...

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Shaurya: Would be able to characterize the concessions that take us from 2 to 8, at least in your mind (if not in Shourie's)?

Calvin

So anything short of recognition as an NWS under NPT would fail the "parity" test?

Calvin

Shaurya: Could you please refresh us on this "parity" point? Genuine Request.

Calvin

Those "arguing against" the 123 out of claimed "concern about the national interest" have not been able to articulate a single valid point. They haven't been able to articulate a "valid point" because they haven't been able to put a finger on their unhappiness about th...

Calvin

The clamor over this agreement suggests that the body politic in India is not convinced of the credibility of India's deterrent. They believe their government not only doesn't believe in a nuclear deterrent, but is willing to give up whatever deterrent they have. Since our technical capability to bu...

Calvin

India does not have a god father like what Israel has. For Israel Sampson option is a last resort. The comparison must be more reality based.

Is it your contention that Israel's deterrence is based on its "godfather"?

Calvin

Israel does not have to worry about country like China. Totalitarian and revisionist states need higher level of information since they are ready to sacrifice their own people in case of war. They also need constant reminder about your arsenal so that they are always aware. Which of Israel's dozen ...

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Gerard: I think enqyoob was talking about a moratorium on testing, and you appear to be talking about a moratorium on accumulating fissile material. Is this the case?

Calvin

the real opposition is shut off completely

What exactly does the "real" opposition need? What essential component of the agreement was not well negotiated? Please keep this simple, and to the point?

Calvin

The perception of a fully tested armament will go a long way that even deploying those weapons. Actually, this is not the case at all. If it was, Israel would have no deterrence. For deterrence to work, it is necessary for the enemy to know that (a) you have *a* weapon that will get through whateve...

Calvin

usa might be assessing or concerned about paki bums then india should also be concerned.... seems congee's are sleeping

That article was not about US assessment, but a signal to Pakistan.

Calvin

So a combination of your weak understanding and what you believe are intelligent and well informed sources have led you to believe that bigger is better. nkumar - have you looked at why countries built very large bombs in the early to mid 1960s and then increasingly focused on the 200kT range as mi...

Calvin

But why all the importing govts tax petrolium products so heavily except US of A. This is not quite true. Canada has a $0.80/gal tax, UK has $4/gal, and Brazil has around $2/gal - all these nations are either self-sufficient, or net exporters of petroleum products For instance if there is nominal t...

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CO2 is a greenhouse gas. Yeah, so is water vapor. Are we going to start taxing human beings for breathing, also? CO is a poisonous gas and is part of the emission problem. Sure, as is the 40% of the uncombusted fuel. BTW, the CO and uncombusted fuel emission issue is not going to go away with bio-d...

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Dileep and Snow: Is 440kV the highest practical before diminishing returns happen? I thought it was 1200 kV, with corona discharge at 2000kV.

Calvin

How do you get that 3% no ? The 10 year US Treasury's yield is around 5%. The value after taxes. The question is $70*100,000 today vs $70*100,000 tomorrow . Its not that. The point is that the marginal 5,000 barrels effectively do not generate any more money. There is no doubt that for small produc...

Calvin

And feed to the same distribution system?

Ultimately, yes. Systems need to be upgraded all the time, over 40 years the entire system can be replaced with a higher voltage alternative. Nevertheless, this is unrelatd to this topic - and will be my last post on this.

Calvin

Regarding electricity losses, while the system we have today is the system we have today, there shouldn't be anything that says that new power plants need to hook in at the 400kV, why wouldn't they hook in at 1200kV? Again the case of vote bank politics taking over requirements. What has 110-400kV l...

Calvin

at what price levels do alternatives to crude oil start becoming economically feasible .. That automtically puts a cap on the price that crude can reach before people start switching and hurting the demand for crude! I don't think that the issue is the price level so much as the rate of availabilit...

Calvin

No.. No.. Fundamental error. By basic time value of money, today's dollars are always more valuable than future dollars... For eg if the interest rate is 10% and you are looking at a 10th year cash flow, the deflator is 1 /2.6 times vina, first, 10% is not the number to use. 3% is probably more lik...

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Given that it is a strong political desire to avoid overdependance on oil imports, how does India solve the problem We have to question the assumptions here. Does it really matter whether we are importing oil or not? Oil is a commodity, whether we import or not is irrelevant, other than for politic...

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the real issue "if biofuel can be part of India's quest for energy solution or if it is worth pursuing or not" is out in the cold. If it is out in the cold, it is because it is not technically or economically feasible. I think if we are going to get progress on this issue, we have to be c...

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Please get a grip, folks - Hyde is not an "international law"

Calvin

Gasoline costs $4+ per gallon in Brazil today, of which taxes are about 50%. But, ethanol has no "direct" subsidies. Yeah, sure. Too often policies are set and advocated by people who have little experience in the technology or the economics, or both. How many times is intellectual propert...

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These numbers are meaningless unless backed up by reliable references. Good luck with that. The numbers I quoted are the numbers that *I* developed for soybean oil, with a specific customer (s) with non-patented technology. The application with Landfill gas was another alternative fuel project that...

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angola is probably a bad example to make your case, but it does highllight some of the factors that affect wealth creation. regulation chokes business, investment is basically unwelcome, government size is excessive, corruption is crippling, and political influence mars the judiciary. Commercial reg...

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Is it bad to give tax relief to home loans, medical care, saving for college education, gifts to charity, losses etc etc?? Governments need tax money to run. If they give tax relief in one area, you can be sure that they are forcibly taxing in another area, or running up a deficit. In any event, th...

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