Tesla Burns Through Record Cash to Bring the Model 3 to Market

Re:Tesla Burns Through Record Cash to Bring the Model 3 to M... by simonsarris on Thursday August 03, 2017 @11:51AM (#14920607)

I agree with my whole heart. I think we have a moral imperative to develop electronic transportation, sooner rather than later. We think about the future much too little.

Ever since we decide to concentrate farming and transport most food to mouths, we've relied on oil as a life-support system for 7.5+ billion people. There is no going back to pre-oil without a lot of those people dying, and oil will eventually be too pricey to extract. We should think harder about post-oil.

I've written about this before if you're interested: https://medium.com/@simon.sarris/the-moral-technology-6413ca...

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Re:Tesla Burns Through Record Cash to Bring the Model 3 to M... by tbabb on Thursday August 03, 2017 @12:08PM (#14920787)

> "It’s as if there’s a worldwide commitment to helping this company succeed"

This statement makes me so happy, (a) because I feel I've noticed the same thing, (b) because it gives me faith that people actually care about putting money in good/important places, and (c) it implies that the economy understands that sustainable transport is actually an important cause, to the tune of $50B. This is what investment should be about: People cooperating to improve the way things are.

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Re:Tesla Burns Through Record Cash to Bring the Model 3 to M... by ghostbrainalpha on Thursday August 03, 2017 @03:11PM (#14922764)

The Wait Buy Why blog did an article on Neuralink and went into Elon's motivation and strategy for making a business that makes the world a better place. It's a really great model.

Model --> https://28oa9i1t08037ue3m1l0i861-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-...

Full Article --> https://waitbutwhy.com/2017/04/neuralink.html

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Re:Tesla Burns Through Record Cash to Bring the Model 3 to M... by gigatexal on Thursday August 03, 2017 @08:18PM (#14925297)

Isn’t the mining of materials and making of electric cars more carbon producing than the ICE vehicles they replace?

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Re:Tesla Burns Through Record Cash to Bring the Model 3 to M... by jozzas on Friday August 04, 2017 @12:52AM (#14926379)

No. Batteries can be recycled, as can the aluminium that makes up Tesla car bodies. You don't get anything back from 30 years of ICE emissions.

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