(05-07-2023 11:47 PM)ECBrad Wrote:  

(05-06-2023 09:26 PM)pablowow Wrote:  

(05-05-2023 07:38 AM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  

clt says this is an interesting discussion. understand the gases, but how do we export water from louisiana?

Nice try.. the size of the states definitely give several larger GDP.. but our resources are not always attributed to us.. as I said earlier they suck off the coast and bring over to Texas port or Florida port.

Louisiana is the 25th state by nominal GDP. It would take a lot to make LA the richest state in the US.

Let's take a look at the oil reserves left along its coastline. In late 2018 there were a bit over 13 billion barrels of reserves remaining. If it were a part of OPEC that would place LA 9th in that group with around 1% of the total OPEC reserves. For reference, this would be just slightly more than Algeria and one-third of Libya. Algeria today has about 2/3rds of the nominal GDP of LA.

If we speculate that exclusive control of their oil reserves and whatever other natural resources would triple the nominal GDP (I've made this up for the sake of conversation) LA would bounce from 25th to 7th by nominal GDP. The state would then sit snuggly in between Pennsylvania and Ohio. This would also give it an economy about the size of Switzerland. To eclipse California the economic impact would have to be 13x the current situation. The size of the US economy is so cartoonishly large that it really is difficult to grasp just how much money floats around the place.

(05-03-2023 10:06 PM)Thewavefan Wrote:  

(05-03-2023 09:07 AM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  

(05-03-2023 08:16 AM)Titans3775 Wrote:  

(05-03-2023 07:45 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  

(05-02-2023 02:20 PM)pablowow Wrote:  There’s smoke.. for sure..

Tulane is attractive to all three PAC, BIG 12, ACC…

Tulane is next in line with

Memphis
USF
UCONN
SMU
SDSU

From what I’m seeing

ACC will lose up 6
BIG 12 will lose maybe 3(to ACC)
PAC will lose up 4

All will go to SEC or BIG

All three conferences will refill with above 6 schools first…

What I’m hearing and seeing

Bruh, how "attractive" is Tulane to the B12 when they just raided the AAC and didn't take them?

They have one good football season and all the sudden think they are the top dog. Tulane has like 10 schools in front of it and that is being kind.

And Rice is probably at least ten behind Tulane at this point.

lol, nice try team but Tulane is exactly what the PAC 12 want. Sizzling hot market with top notch academics and a history of dormant athletic programs. We can come right in and compete for a title in almost any sport. You people are funny, Tulane has a few bad years in the early 2000s and that’s all everybody talks about. Nobody cares about then, it’s all about the now and Tulane is the hottest school on the block. PAC 12 would be extremely wise to pick us up and pay us our asking price. Looking forward to the next chapter of my school’s legacy.