This is an oversimplification like saying the Iraq war was just about oil. Competing interests with one offering a clearer economic gain doesn’t mean it’s the o

This is an oversimplification like saying the Iraq war was just about oil. Competing interests with one offering a clearer economic gain doesn’t mean it’s the only motivation. Elon getting annoyed at traffic in LA and then trying to figure out some fantastical solution, like a kid daydreaming while he sits in a Tesla doing 5km/hr, then later adding mining to help make it more practical as an IRL R&D project sounds more likely.