I think these industries, auto and oil, especially, are stuck in their model and refuse to give it up. The world changes every day and they will have no part of it. History has proven, as has been well said here in previous responses to this thread, that sticking your head in the sand simply does not work. My fear is that these old white men clubs have so much power, both politically and financially, that they could snuff out Tesla and the cause. I know they are all trying to do that. We see it every day in the press. These companies have the Gov't and the media firmly planted in the palms of their obscenely rich hands. Look at how powerfully they have ruled us since the early 1900's when Standard Oil, GM and Firestone got together and wiped out mass transportation in many parts of the country, especially CA, by buying up all the trolleys and pulling up the tracks and everything. They have forced us into addiction as evilly as the drug cartels have. And they have had a profoundly larger impact than even those devils: many, many more deaths through pollution and accidents at the very least. They have also impoverished many of us though the allure of the sexiest cars and absurdly high energy prices. How many of us have felt the pinch at the pump or trying to pay our home heating bills?
My hope is that Tesla can muster the fortitude and support from people like us to shatter old the guard glass glass empires and bring a new order to transportation. We are at the tipping point of not having to rely on fossil fuels for transportation. We have a long way to go. But the tech is now there to do it on a moderate scale. It can grow exponentially if we invest in it as a nation and as individuals.
The way that WE can help Tesla is to not only evangelize their mission, but to invest in the technology that enables them to continue to move forward. If we, as a segment of our populace, move our wealth, no matter how modest each or ours may be, into new energy and away from old energy, we will begin to see a shift. If we do not, we will not see the change that so many of of here on this forum want to see.
Buying the car is important. But we, as owners and believers, need to do much, much more to support this mission.
For transparency, I have a small amount of Tesla stock and no other new energy stocks as of yet. I am currently in the process of moving into solar, lithium and others. And I am of moderate means.
This topic means a lot to me, as you might imagine from my ramblings. WE need to do something!
