An engineer explains why Trump's "Border Wall" is so implausible.

loveofourlord · Sep 24, 2015

HannahT said:
Yes, they have spoken about that for years. I think they are afraid of the advocates that are against that. Next thing you know we will hear about how people are starving in the street - because they have no food or shelter - due to greed.

I do agree with you, but how you do turn that around? You know they will say it.

I'm also concerned about the drug flow, and all the ugliness that comes with that. Look at what those crooks are doing in Mexico, and some flows over the border here.

In the current world we live in? I'm also concerned about security. That has nothing to do with the illegal aliens that come across, but has everything to do with those that want to harm us.

Come on the real reason it won't be done, is because too many buisnesses profit from low paid day workers that then donate to poloticians.

Black Dog · Sep 24, 2015

grandvizier1006 said:
that doesn't diminish the danger of the drugs, though. If heroin is legal, for example, we can't have people getting addicted to it en masse and endanger themselves. What about decriminalization instead? Don't let people be afraid of jail unless they're is some proof they are pressuring/coercing other people to get addicted to it. Better yet, more secure borders, since even if drugs were out of the question we'd still have an issue with illegal immigrants. I don't know what to do about those here, but we don't need to take in any more if we think we can't afford it.

There isn't going to be en masse addiction. If heroin becomes legal, are you planning on becoming addicted? Me neither.

We don't need a wall to stop drug trafficking.

Black Dog · Sep 24, 2015

TX_Matt said:
Has anyone told Trump that about half of illegal immigrants actually come into this country legally?

Are you trying to put comedians out of work?

TLK Valentine · Sep 24, 2015

Black Dog said:
Are you trying to put comedians out of work?

Beating putting one in the White House.

grandvizier1006 · Sep 24, 2015

Black Dog said:
Are you trying to put comedians out of work?

They could try making fun of liberals. joe Biden, for instance.

JGG · Sep 24, 2015

Imagine how much the wall with Canada will cost...

Black Dog · Sep 24, 2015

JGG said:
Imagine how much the wall with Canada will cost...

Make the Canadians pay for it. Convince them to build a giant hockey rink, and make sure the boards are along the border.

pat34lee · Sep 24, 2015

TLK Valentine said:
Beating putting one in the White House.

A comedian would probably have more experience than the current joker in there.

[serious] · Sep 24, 2015

grandvizier1006 said:
They could try making fun of liberals. joe Biden, for instance.

You're late to the party:

grandvizier1006 · Sep 24, 2015

[serious] said:
You're late to the party:

Hmm, I guess they DO make fun of liberals sometimes. But if Dick Cheney had done this would anyone have freaked out? Just curious.

[serious] · Sep 25, 2015

grandvizier1006 said:
Hmm, I guess they DO make fun of liberals sometimes. But if Dick Cheney had done this would anyone have freaked out? Just curious.

Bush got a bit gentler treatment over the Merkel incident:

Jan Volkes · Sep 25, 2015

TLK Valentine said:
http://www.nationalmemo.com/an-engineer-explains-why-trumps-wall-is-so-implausible/
Happy building!

Building a wall is the kind of solution a child would come up with and other children would love.

buzuxi02 · Sep 25, 2015

You have to make the wall into a tourist attraction. Every major city in the ancient world had walls to defend against invaders. So think about a large wall like the Great Wall of China it can be a sort of boardwalk a few stories high, perhaps it can double as a mall. Make the road on top beautiful like the brooklyn bridge. Maybe you can sponsor a marathon from one end to the other. And im being serious.

Armoured · Sep 25, 2015

An engineer explains why Trump's "Border Wall" is so implausible.

This is sort of like 9/11 truthers and Creationists. We really shouldn't be taking them seriously enough to waste time debunking them. It lends them a veneer of validity.

blackribbon · Sep 25, 2015

keith99 said:
6' deep foundation. Yea that's going to stop people. if 40 plus miles of desert doesn't stop them I don't see a 6 foot deep foundation being a problem.

I suspect that the 6 foot deep foundation isn't to keep anyone out but rather to support the weight of the massive structure

visionary · Sep 25, 2015

Electric fence with sharp shooters every 600 yards.

blackribbon · Sep 25, 2015

visionary said:
Electric fence with sharp shooters every 600 yards.

Yeah... approximately 17,600 shooters times 3 eight hour shifts a day...that sound plausible.

Armoured · Sep 25, 2015

visionary said:
Electric fence with sharp shooters every 600 yards.

I feel the compassion

visionary · Sep 25, 2015

blackribbon said:
Yeah... approximately 17,600 shooters times 3 eight hour shifts a day...that sound plausible.

Correction .. sharp shooters can now shoot over 1 mile away. How about drone petrol?

RDKirk · Sep 25, 2015

visionary said:
Correction .. sharp shooters can now shoot over 1 mile away. How about drone petrol?

Some sharp shooters can shoot over a mile away. UAVs also require pilot crews and extensive technical support. Technology isn't magic. It all adds up to lots of bodies.

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