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We are only just getting starting on this anti-FUD journey. Don't believe me - check out the comments on this video:
UkNorthampton
TSLA - 12+ startups in 1
Not FUD towards Tesla, but maybe a counter-argument to FUD
Fossil Fuels are deadly. I live near a busy motorway and set of dual carriageways. Loads of times roads have been closed, even resurfaced due to fuel lorry crashes. I once got stuck for 5 hours on M25 in a heatwave while they cleaned up a burnt-out fuel HGV (what a mess).
Cap-Haïtien fuel tanker explosion - Wikipedia - 14 December 2021
"On 14 December 2021, a fuel tanker truck exploded in the Samari neighborhood of Cap-Haïtien[1], the capital city of the Haitian department of Nord; at least 75 people were killed and more than 100 were injured.[2] Haiti, hit with an economic crisis worsened by an earthquake four months earlier, was unable to adequately treat victims of the explosion, with hospitals undersupplied and in disarray."
We also have Buncefield - Buncefield fire - Wikipedia "The British Geological Survey monitored the event, which measured 2.4 on the Richter scale"
Fossil Fuels are deadly. I live near a busy motorway and set of dual carriageways. Loads of times roads have been closed, even resurfaced due to fuel lorry crashes. I once got stuck for 5 hours on M25 in a heatwave while they cleaned up a burnt-out fuel HGV (what a mess).
Cap-Haïtien fuel tanker explosion - Wikipedia - 14 December 2021
"On 14 December 2021, a fuel tanker truck exploded in the Samari neighborhood of Cap-Haïtien[1], the capital city of the Haitian department of Nord; at least 75 people were killed and more than 100 were injured.[2] Haiti, hit with an economic crisis worsened by an earthquake four months earlier, was unable to adequately treat victims of the explosion, with hospitals undersupplied and in disarray."
We also have Buncefield - Buncefield fire - Wikipedia "The British Geological Survey monitored the event, which measured 2.4 on the Richter scale"
See also
- 2021 Balongan refinery explosion
- 2009 Cataño oil refinery fire
- 2009 Jaipur fire
- 1987 Grangemouth Refinery explosion and fire
- 1983 Milford Haven Refinery fire
UkNorthampton
TSLA - 12+ startups in 1
UkNorthampton
TSLA - 12+ startups in 1
Epic twitter takedown of Daily Hate article suggesting EVs are the new "Diesel scandal" by Dutch EV Academic Auke Hoekstra
willow_hiller
Well-Known Member
How many other prominent pushers of Tesla FUD are going to be revealed to be bank-rolled by oil-producing foreign powers?
willow_hiller
Well-Known Member
Step 1. Write unsubstantiated FUD
Step 2. Wait for denial
Step 3. The denial fuels the FUD
It seems like there's no winning with unscrupulous journalists...
Todd Burch
14-Year Member
One way to fight FUD is to present a bunch of examples on how the media has been incorrect in their reporting of Tesla.
So I thought it would be fun to start a thread were we minimize discussion but just present examples of where the media is completely incorrect on Tesla reporting.
If you want to make a contribution, post:
1. A screenshot or link to the story with a date...preferably a screenshot for posterity reasons (and because we don't want clicks on shoddy media sources), and
2. Explanation of why the story is incorrect. Facts only.
I'll start:
Friday, Nov 4, 2022: Yahoo Finance headline:
The story is referring to the published October 2022 China export/retail sales number. It's wrong because:
1. There were no lockdowns in October, despite the headline.
2. The number published is not an indicator of deliveries in the month. It is a combination of Tesla vehicles marked as having LEFT Chinese ports for other countries, as well as vehicles that have been sold to retail customers within China AND REGISTERED.
There are reports of 40,000+ vehicles at the beginning of November that are waiting to get registered. So obviously the number in the report is significantly below the actual.
I am not paid to research this information, yet I know this.
This is why the media sucks.
So I thought it would be fun to start a thread were we minimize discussion but just present examples of where the media is completely incorrect on Tesla reporting.
If you want to make a contribution, post:
1. A screenshot or link to the story with a date...preferably a screenshot for posterity reasons (and because we don't want clicks on shoddy media sources), and
2. Explanation of why the story is incorrect. Facts only.
I'll start:
Friday, Nov 4, 2022: Yahoo Finance headline:
The story is referring to the published October 2022 China export/retail sales number. It's wrong because:
1. There were no lockdowns in October, despite the headline.
2. The number published is not an indicator of deliveries in the month. It is a combination of Tesla vehicles marked as having LEFT Chinese ports for other countries, as well as vehicles that have been sold to retail customers within China AND REGISTERED.
There are reports of 40,000+ vehicles at the beginning of November that are waiting to get registered. So obviously the number in the report is significantly below the actual.
I am not paid to research this information, yet I know this.
This is why the media sucks.
KBF
Model X owner (formerly Cdn Signature Model S)
Also, the price cuts happened at the end of the month, which obviously could only impact Nov/Dec/Jan numbers - this is a grade-school level logic fail.
(and I concur with screenshots only)
Todd Burch
14-Year Member
Audie, sorry, didn't see that other thread. Can these posts be moved there and this thread deleted?
Edit: Disregard, saw your message on the other thread that you can't do that yet.
Edit: Disregard, saw your message on the other thread that you can't do that yet.
Mod: Threads merged by moving all the new posts into this one, which also deletes the other thread. --ggr
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