> FYI, using "fan-boy" is kind of frowned upon on hacker news. Why? It's not derogatory. What word would you have me use in place of it? There are a bunch of

> FYI, using "fan-boy" is kind of frowned upon on hacker news. Why? It's not derogatory. What word would you have me use in place of it? There are a bunch of people speaking very highly of Elon for what is not a very interesting/ground-breaking paper, if I'm being honest. An impromptu Google search turned up a .gov website with a lot of the stuff in here[1]... I suspect the rest of it is also googleable (Grid setup, and per-grid usage, cost per watt, MPG, Dollar per kW). They made some cool infographics... But mostly this is a very thinly veiled sales pitch for Tesla products, wrapped in the beginnings of a case for more gov't funding. re: rail network You could readily cannibalize a lot of our highway system, as well as invest in fixing up the rail that we already have. Companies that have been making money off of rail should start paying for that infrastructure, in particular... [1] https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/us-energy-facts/data-and-statistics.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/us-energy-facts/data-and...