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American interest in the Pacific included places much further away from the US mainland, and closer to Asia than Hawaii. The Philippines and Guam were both under Japan's crosshairs which makes moving the fleet to Hawaii sensible.

I just want to point out that during WWII we were not in the middle of the Great Depression. WWII is generally considered to have started in 1939 (some may put the dates earlier) and the US did not enter the war until 1941. Most people put the end of the Great Depression around 1939 or 1940...

Rebel, I can't imagine how horrible working that crash was. In the newspaper here, they seem to make a point of listing who was wearing seat belts or not in all injury accidents. It is easy to see which ones are fatal. I routinely use this as a lesson for my kids.

Yep, they would have issues. Mainly because we let people other than white, land-owning males vote. This thread is supposed to be about light bulbs, and maybe energy; not the possible intent of people 200 years dead.

One of the biggest things we could do as a society to save energy would be to turn off lights in vacant buildings. I wonder just how much less coal we would have to burn if office buildings, stores, and businesses were required to turn out the lights during off hours. The amount of light...