Posted on 12/10/2018 4:05:49 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The SEC does not deserve respect when it plays politics.
Still, it’s not a good idea for a large public company to piss off the SEC. Especially where some of Musk’s comments look like market manipulation. He’s not just playing with his own money, but also public money.
I think many would consider Seeking Alpha a collection of blogs.
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OTOH, there’s no excuse for investors in Tesla not knowing exactly what they are getting in terms of Musk and the risk versus reward.
Ultimately the laws of physics must be obeyed. If electric cars became the norm, it would be an environmental disaster. Try to imagine how the additional necessary electricity would be generated.
From what I saw of the interview, Elon looked like he was on something.. arrogance perhaps, indifference to risk? How dare anyone judge his works. jmo
Gas-powered turbines.
Back in the horse-drawn days the said the automobile would never take off because there were no roads to travel on and no gas stations to refill your tank.
“- - - to the autopilot feature many consumers want to rely on- - “
Rely on an autopilot in an automobile? OMG! I can think of so many scenarios where the human brain with years of driving experience is so much safer.
His stock price to go private was 420,which is code for weed.
There’d by little worry of that if the Constitution were obeyed and there were no federal subsidies to feather Musk’s pockets and be spent on electing Democrats.
Automobiles didn’t need government subsidies to be sellable.
I watched the interview. It is easy to come to this conclusion.
Elon Musk does have Asperger’s.
Not a bad thing - Watch this before jumping the bandwagon:
https://www.autismparentingmagazine.com/aspergers-awesome/
Back during the Oil Embargo the son of an oil Sheik was a freshman at UT. One of the first things he did after he had his driver’s license was to by the biggest, poshest, wall to wall shag carpetiest conversio vans he could find.
Within ten minutes the dealership had to pick the young man up because he’d totaled the van.
“What happened.” the valet asked.
“I’m not really sure. I left the dealership. Got gas. Got the highway and after putting her in cruise control went to the refrigerator to get a Coke.”
“Automobiles didn’t need government subsidies to be sellable. “
Lol! Paved roads are a gigantic subsidy!
A vehicle without smooth 6 speed manual and hand brake is a potential death trap. All you have is brake pedal and that’s it.
Auto pilot probably great on the plains of Kansas, not on metro sh..ole streets full of texting moonbats.
Originally, it was a couple that went on their first outing in their new RV.
“Try to imagine how the additional necessary electricity would be generated.”
I’m curious, your statement triggered a question. Isn’t it more efficient to take a refined petroleum energy, such as gasoline, and burn it directly in a gasoline engine to produce power as opposed to taking a petroleum based energy, burn it in a electrical generating plant, then transfer it to a battery, then use it to run an electric motor?
And I’m very familiar with one where I’d rather have autopilot: long freeway drives. Straight, smooth, low traffic, good conditions, ... human mind starts blanking out after hours of consistent boredom, especially at night. I’ll gladly take control around cities or poor conditions, but 6 straight hours of nothing overnight thru Virginia is seriously risky for one’s brain.
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