Please look within your own quote to see my responses to many individual points:
YES!! Sane rather than mad. I love this guy! And Congress for commissioning the commission. And while we love Trump who is also sensible enough to pay attention, rhetoric doesn't fix it.
Brilliant pebbles = star wars under Ronnie Raygun, basically. Not a guarantee, since China has the foresight to develop the ability to knock down satellites. They've tested it; it's operational.
Which doesn't mean we shouldn't do what we can. Quite the opposite! It means we need to do what we already can, and MORE.
Nukes were obsolete as soon as WWII was over. I just hope our species wakes up to this reality, some day ...
Still not a guarantee, no; but 3 billion is CHEAP for what we get, investing in this direction. It greatly improves survivability from regular old weather, not just sun spots and the potential for some rogue group to execute a fluke attack.
It's insane that we DON'T do this, and greatly contributes to the sense of hopelessness among our youth that feeds drug addiction and senseless violence.
Yes, our power grid is one with Canada -
while Texas' is completely separate, lol