If you get eagle scout you get a small raise when you join the military, same as if you had an associates degree.

That doesn’t apply in this case, they dint care about court cases. The arrest and torture is the only point.

Bribing politicians is cheap, it’s generally millions for billions and more like 100k to billion for small politicians.

There isn’t one, the only stealth fighters are in the US or Russia/China. If you don’t have stealth fighters at all you will lose very badly in an air war against someone that does. That’s just how it is, you have an overwhelming advantage if you can shoot your enemy but they can’t even see you at range.

Efficiency drops significantly as you go faster than 50mph, so they would be more practical for city cars that don’t do a lot of time on the highway.

Why? Because basic engineering will tell you that small areas of low quality waste heat isn’t something you turn into usable energy.