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Musk really does seem to be following his pattern of maximally engaging government contracts and subsidies. (That's not necessarily a criticism, just an observ
by h4nkoslo 10y ago
Musk really does seem to be following his pattern of maximally engaging government contracts and subsidies.
(That's not necessarily a criticism, just an observation, and one others have made before.)
- peteretep 10y agoSuspect there aren't all that many non-government contracts of that size
- greglindahl 10y agoThis is totally incorrect - in most parts of the US, the power company/companies is/are private, and needs similar devices.
- mturmon 10y agoI heard Richard Branson's business projects described the same way. (One link: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/10/truth-richard-branson-virgin-rail-profits https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/10/truth-...)
- hkmurakami 10y agoSimilar to Son Masayoshi of SoftBank. (Wireless spectrum, solar subsidies)
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- aggie 10y agoYou could also frame this as his companies align well with government initiatives because their success is largely in the public interest (or at least the success of the markets they are in or trying to establish).
- greglindahl 10y agoPrivate power companies have similar constraints and needs.
- mikeash 10y agoIs this really unusual? I've seen that said before, but I'd expect everyone to take maximum advantage of such things, aside from a very few extremely principled people.
- h4nkoslo 10y agoIt's not that unusual, especially in the (broadly construed) energy sector, but it is a distinct business model.
- mikeyouse 10y agoThe contract is with a publicly traded company... https://www.google.com/finance?q=eix https://www.google.com/finance?q=eix