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I wonder how many people freaking out about Elon’s actions and still driving ICE cars don’t ponder that this whole pandemic episode, even if it goes on for year

by natch 6y ago

I wonder how many people freaking out about Elon’s actions and still driving ICE cars don’t ponder that this whole pandemic episode, even if it goes on for years and kills millions of people, is just a tiny blip compared to what’s coming from global climate change. I mean further pandemics are just one of the problems climate change is going to bring. This is just a teaser. Keeping this in mind helps set a perspective for why he sees this as a mission. If you still think he is being irresponsible, consider the data he shared, and the larger picture. Maybe... just maybe... he has more information than you do.

crispyporkbites 6y ago
What information does he have that elected officials around the world do not? Maybe he’s motivated by profit/success, I doubt he cares that much about the environment.
- natch 6y ago
  To answer your question, he has pretty direct information about his employees and his suppliers in China.
chillwaves 6y ago
The information he has offered (it is no worse than the flu, the the number of cases will drop to 0 by end of April) have been so egregiously wrong, it is only reasonable to question the rest of his judgment.
- natch 6y ago
  I was more talking about the hard data, like the number of COVID deaths of Tesla employees in China (zero) and the wide delta between the projected flattened curve here and the actual flattened curve. Also, misquoting is a thing. I don’t think you can find the original source of your quote. He did say something similar prefaced with “my best guess.” When I used the word “data” I did mean data, not misquoted guesses from months ago.
dave5104 6y ago
I love that Tesla has been seriously pushing out ICE cars, and hope that continues. I'm just disappointed that Tesla is run by someone who I see as erratic and crazy. It's worked out so far, but it'd be a shame to see Tesla lose out because Elon finally snaps too far.

by natch 6y ago

crispyporkbites 6y ago

What information does he have that elected officials around the world do not? Maybe he’s motivated by profit/success, I doubt he cares that much about the environment.

natch 6y ago
To answer your question, he has pretty direct information about his employees and his suppliers in China.

chillwaves 6y ago

The information he has offered (it is no worse than the flu, the the number of cases will drop to 0 by end of April) have been so egregiously wrong, it is only reasonable to question the rest of his judgment.

natch 6y ago
I was more talking about the hard data, like the number of COVID deaths of Tesla employees in China (zero) and the wide delta between the projected flattened curve here and the actual flattened curve. Also, misquoting is a thing. I don’t think you can find the original source of your quote. He did say something similar prefaced with “my best guess.” When I used the word “data” I did mean data, not misquoted guesses from months ago.

dave5104 6y ago

I love that Tesla has been seriously pushing out ICE cars, and hope that continues. I'm just disappointed that Tesla is run by someone who I see as erratic and crazy. It's worked out so far, but it'd be a shame to see Tesla lose out because Elon finally snaps too far.