Yeah, from a self described unbiased perspective it seemed a little bit cringe worthy. What I noticed most is, there were many if any truly clear, concise, coherent statements or topics talked through. When EM was trying to make a point, or respond to a question it seemed quite NOT thought out, not clear or coherent. I know, I know, he has an “issue” but one would think that more of these topics that he seems to want to address in more open forums would be more thought out with a concise and coherent narrative.
That point about slavery was one of those cringe worthy topics. The comment about George Washington is a valid statement, but frankly i really doubt that the ONE thing that elons friends, brothers cousins daughter was able to say about George Washington was that he (like most white male land owners in America of that era) had owned slaves. I’m pretty sure they could ALSO say, that he was the first president of the new United States. Most likely also appointed Commander of the continental Army (ok, maybe not in those words, but you get my point) He crossed the Delaware at night, in a boat (ok, now I’m getting silly but still, its a fact and one I think any high school student could regurgitate) and possibly some other “facts” . Yes, one of the ones that a high school student MIGHT consider more interesting or even controversial is that yes, he owned slaves.
I doubt that was all they could remember though, but it makes his point - or at least attempts to.
I do completely agree, however, about de-salinization and have said for many years that WHEN it needs to be solved, it can quite easily be solved. Certainly on the African continent and other places where SUN is abundant and close to water… getting rid of the waste brine is a bit more of a problem, but with abundant CLEAN energy that too is not a problem. Either move the waste into the Sahara, where nobody lives, and bring energy from Solar farms throughout that region. Or, as others have commented use higher energy intensive evaporative ways of producing clean potable water. More energy, less waste… but with solar energy isn’t the limiting constraint.
As a Pretorian, I would think he could have easily said “in my home/birth country of South Africa, in Cape Town it’s pretty much the planned future for their populations potable water”. It’s a great example… but he probably doesn’t want to highlight the fact that he was born in South Africa. Don’t know.
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