They’re just being stupid and judgmental, one of the favorite hobbies around here. Musk is one of those rare innovative geniuses like Howard Hughes. And old Howard had plenty of gov’t contracts too, probably a whole lot more than Musk can dream of.
Moreover the tax credits he’s been using are open to every company in the US that can figure out how to generate them. And unlike Solyndra that it gets compared to, Tesla is a going concern producing a real product. The tax credits are about to end, at least for Tesla, because it is based upon a production target that once achieved ends the credits.
Indeed
Howard and Musk both have left brain cred
I really like Musk, hope he succeeds.