Musk

Are you referring to the batteries? If so, Tesla addressed that recently. It isn't a perfect plan I'm sure, but what is. If not, I'm curious what your fear is exactly.

 

Well dude, I suppose we could get into a long protracted discussion about this and the chart you and Mr. Musk have provided but I'd rather not.

I'll just state that scientists usually attempt to plan for every possible contingency but rarely succeed. Just like every other poisonous technology, disposal will probably prove to be a much more serious problem than Musk and his scientists would have you believe.

But hey, it's cleaner than coal or oil, right?

 

Well yeah, any new industry is going to have some growing pains.

 

For now. Until some maggot like Ocasio-Ortiz makes an issue out of it. But we are all going to die in 12 years, aren't we? So who then, cares??

 

Supermagnets or something to contain it...if he screws that up were all dead fast, so no worries. If he succeeds, bye bye big oil. They still get to make petroleum consumer products, but mass energy solution no longer.

 

For example, yesterday one of my fancy government mandated fluorescent light bulbs burned out. On the side it says "contains mercury do not dispose in trash" and gives the website for EPA recycling info. Except guess what? There is none in my area, so wtf do I do with this thing now?

 

You talking a CFL bulb? You can take them to Home Depot.

 

Funny, brings to mind a story that happened here in NH a few years ago. A 85 year old lady dropped a simple oral mercury thermometer in her kitchen; she had a fever, etc. The mercury splatter out as the thermometer broke. She made the mistake of calling the State Environmental organization. They sent a Hazardous Material Truck immediately, sirens wailing!! They entered her home, fully dressed in hazardous gear, ORDERED HER OUT OF THE HOUSE, and began scrubbing the kitchen as if Ebola had been spotted there. They did NOT allow her back into her home until a week later. She had to pay for a hotel, food etc.
And this because she called the wrong number? No. This because there are people that know better than every one else and are trying to protect us from ourselves; they are called liberals.

 

I throw them in the garbage, goes to the town dump. There, the chemicals kill rats, and reduces the risk that morons will get a rat flea transmitted Yersinia infection, commonly called plague. Aren't I a saint??!!??

 

And she had to walk 15 miles in the snow back to her house, uphill!

 

Nope--she got a speeding ticket on her way back home, driving her 929 Porsche. They dismissed the charge of flipping her cigar out the car window, which started a 4 alarm field fire, which almost took out the High School in her town. However, the entire corn crop for the year had to be trashed. The cigar was Cuban....so was the judge. We have no idea where the rest of the cigars went, but suspicion is high, due to the judges known cigar habit.

 

Put that thing in the regular trash!

 

Saw this and thought it might add to the discussion. ..

https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/e...-morning-it-just-may-signal-end-of-tesla.html

 

I hate it when employers expect the employee to give 150%, but only pay them for 100%.

I'm the type of person who can work endless hours day after day after day, but you BEST BELIEVE I'm going to be fairly compensated.

I have been taken advantage of many times by folks like Musk and in 2019 i'm a cynical, shrewd bastard when it comes to collecting for my time.

To guys like Musk: Unless I'm seeing direct correlation of YOUR profits in MY paycheck, you can take your "mission" and stick it straight up your a$$ where it belongs.

 

Musk is a brilliant engineer/inventor, not so much of a CEO/businessman

 

I am a Surfer
From Dawn til Dusk
I put on Shorts
I don't wear Musk.

I admire Musk, he is a thinker and a worker.

as I have previously stated, I honestly believe that if solar, battery and wind technologies were modernized and affordable enough to compete with fossil fuels, the majority of people would fall in line.

Musk is doing an admirable job, but has not yet realized the one cutting edge game changing breakout technology that will free us from the chains that continue to bond us to fossil fuels.

I sincerely hope he does eventually.

 

If you eat what you kill, then you don’t have this dilemma. Unless, you can’t earn your worth independently.

Also, with labor shortage in tech and otherwise, it should be easier to garner your worth (if you have skills). Working for start ups is it’s own game.

Sharing the “wealth/profits” is good corporate governance. But, what about when a company is not profitable? Do you take it on the chin, hoping you get to enjoy in the success (assuming it ever happens) in the future?

I saw my Dad work for same company for 42 years. He definitely gave 150%...great work ethic etc, he did well but never got what he deserved.

 

A gold watch and a handshake