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Not a fan of giving sci-fi idealism a blank check. Moonshot is ok, that's how we got ICBMs and spy satellites, arguably necessary to keep a check on our enemie
by yters 9y ago
Not a fan of giving sci-fi idealism a blank check. Moonshot is ok, that's how we got ICBMs and spy satellites, arguably necessary to keep a check on our enemies, though that is arguable these days. Roads and the Internet made even more sense. But, funding a for profit company with billions of tax money for sci-fi promises with unproven premises seems much more questionable.
- fragmede 9y agoThe company's finances may be shaky, but electric cars aren't a "sci-fi promise with (an) unproven premise". The original Tesla Roadster came out in 2009 (or so), so there are 8-year old electric cars by Tesla driving around out there.
- yters 9y agoTo throw so much money at the enterprise hinges on the assumption that electric cars can be a significant replacement for fossil fueled cars, and displace the electricity production (and other manufacturing costs) in such a way to be much more environmentally and economically viable. Just because we have a few (proportionally) working electric cars does not mean this vision is plausible. The original automobile did not need this kind of extrapolated justification, it was immediately obvious the car was much better than the wagon, and combined with the assembly line established a clear and very large market. I do not see this happening with the electric car.