Re:Why I think Tesla is building throwaway cars
by conceit on Monday March 07, 2016 @02:46PM
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> Tesla sits on an encrypted VPN, good luck with that
Well, if you say so. Still, what about the locally built products? Oil isn't the only import needed for a traditional car.
The ethernet port, bluetooth/NFC key fobs all the chips, are made in china no doubt, maybe even many engine parts. Recources are exploited from mines outside America under bad conditions. The energy to load the battery is generated partially from fracked fossil fuel. America supports Saudis for a bit more than just oil and they sure don't care what the tax money was generated from. * In 2014, about 27% of the petroleum consumed by the United States was imported from foreign countries.* [1]. Half the American designers are probably immigrated from India and China.
Our visions of the great US of A diverge a little.
Well, if you say so. Still, what about the locally built products? Oil isn't the only import needed for a traditional car.
The ethernet port, bluetooth/NFC key fobs all the chips, are made in china no doubt, maybe even many engine parts. Recources are exploited from mines outside America under bad conditions. The energy to load the battery is generated partially from fracked fossil fuel. America supports Saudis for a bit more than just oil and they sure don't care what the tax money was generated from. * In 2014, about 27% of the petroleum consumed by the United States was imported from foreign countries.* [1]. Half the American designers are probably immigrated from India and China.
Our visions of the great US of A diverge a little.
[1] https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=32&t=6