On Thu, 7 May 2009 15:25:30 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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On Thu, 7 May 2009 12:40:09 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

I don't think they are thinking it though. Virtually every commercial
fisherman in my area and a large percentage of charter boat captains still
use and prefer LORAN to GPS.


Of course they haven't thought it through. The cost savings for a back
up navigation system is so minor in comparison to what "The One" is
proposing it's ridiculous.

17 billion dollars off a whopping 3.4 trillion dollar budget proposal.

Where did you come up with 17 billion?

Here's the "cost savings" to be had by shutting down LORAN:

"On 26 Feb 2009 the The U.S. Office of Management and Budget released the
first blueprint for the Financial Year 2010 budget.[7] This document
identifies the Loran-C system as "outdated" and supports its termination at
an estimated savings of $36 million in 2010 and $190 million over five
years."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LORAN

Chump change.

That's the total package that the $36 million is part of - sorry for
the confusion.

Oh, by the way - the 17 billion? It's not a "cost savings" at all as
it turns out. Just on CNBC - it's being "re-directed" to more Obama
friendly proposals. So it's not a "cost savings" but a redirection of
the funds to other projects.

Like I said - you go out to buy $100,000 Mercedes and come back with a
$20,000 Toyota - you "saved" $80,000.