Re:The Race to Colonize Mars Perpetuates a Dangerous Religion
by taylodl on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @10:14AM
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Musk didn't start Tesla.
Re:The Race to Colonize Mars Perpetuates a Dangerous Religion
by bryanlarsen on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @10:58AM
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A judge has ruled that he is one of the founders of Tesla.
https://www.tesla.com/blog/judge-strikes-claim-who-can-be-de...
Re:The Race to Colonize Mars Perpetuates a Dangerous Religion
by taylodl on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @12:19PM
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Just because a judge ruled it doesn't make it so. Legislatures have decreed the value of PI is 3.14. That didn't change the actual value of PI.
Re:The Race to Colonize Mars Perpetuates a Dangerous Religion
by bryanlarsen on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @02:02PM
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Judges are more authoritative than legislatures, wikipedia and random internet comments.
If you have a point that is actually relevant to the original comment please make it. You're arguing semantics, not substance. Perhaps I shouldn't have said that Musk "started Tesla" because it's a contested point but removing that phrase has 0 impact on the rest of the comment.
https://www.tesla.com/ns_videos/2022-tesla-impact-report-hig...
Tesla's impact on CO2, NOx and PM25 emissions have prevented a large number of premature deaths (at least 6 figures, likely).
Musk didn't start Tesla to save the world, he's not an environmentalist, he's a humanist. He started Tesla because he thought the world was running out of oil. But a lot of Tesla employees are environmentalists, and so are a lot of their customers.
Intentional or not, Elon Musk & Tesla will be responsible for a significant decrease in the global warming rise.
I don't know if he'll beat Gates or not in terms of global positive impact, but they can be compared.