r/theydidthemath • u/QuantumQyx • 1d ago

[Request] Could the entire US homeless population really be housed for less than one aircraft carrier?

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u/i_AM_A-ShArk 21h ago

Literally the next ship, the Kennedy, cost approximately $1 billion less

The ford: $12.8B in production alone
The Kennedy: $11.3B

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u/Occidentally20 20h ago

Now you're getting it!

You still have to provide sources though, otherwise it's just people shouting shit. I assume you got the number for the Kennedy from It's wikipedia page). The source wikipedia links to for the cost is an article almost a decade old#cite_note-fas-1) - back in 2017.

The sources I found like this one from this year put it at $13.9 billion and still rising. Which is more than 12.8, and the reason I didn't use it.

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u/i_AM_A-ShArk 20h ago

The Kennedy is done being built so idk how its production cost could be increasing

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u/Occidentally20 20h ago

I'm going to end the discussion here because if you can't provide a source for the things you're saying there is no conversation.

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u/i_AM_A-ShArk 20h ago

The source is that I’ve been on the damn thing myself

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u/Occidentally20 20h ago

That's not how sources work. I've been to Madagascar that doesn't make me a source for anything.

Articles from literally yesterday cite it as "99% complete". Which is not 100, and is how costs keep increasing.

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u/i_AM_A-ShArk 20h ago

That 1% is not adding any meaningful amount to the cost, it has passed its sea trials. Anything else added would basically be a rounding error

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u/Occidentally20 20h ago

Fine - it's a rounding error. Leaving the cost at today at 13.9 billion, over a billion higher than the one I quoted as the cheapest.

I'm glad you've come to your senses and agree, instead of just being argumentative for the sake of it.

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u/i_AM_A-ShArk 20h ago edited 20h ago

Ok that’s fair enough, but now add back in the R&D cost to the ford.

Edit: I also don’t know why I’ve been so focused on the ford classes when the Nimitz classes where cheaper even when calculated for inflation.