Carl Raymond
Active Member
IMHO, this encapsulates the level of brilliance of Elon Musk. He is figuring out how to solve the most difficult and intractable problems humanity faces in a way that works within the framework of the existing power structures. He has worked relentlessly to solve climate change the only way it could be solved: For profit.
Only so many hippies will stop eating meat and bicycle to the local coop for veggies. Those people who focus on reducing consumption have a problem They can only reduce that consumption to 0(and that is by dying so is suboptimal.) There is no limit to how much a single person can consume and therefore those consuming 0 will have no net effect on total carbon output.
If however, someone can control the production in such a way as to reduce carbon output, @lafrisbee and @LYTRIDR are still happy to consume, maybe even ecstatic to consume a better, more valuable product. This is regardless of political or economic affiliation. It is a better product. Sold at a cheaper price. Even Republicans and Democrats can agree that they want one because it is better in every way.
This can only happen if there is profit to be made. Elon knows this.
Here’s an analogy that fits in a tweet.
It’s London 1900 and the streets are piled high with horse *sugar*.
The hippies are on one corner declaring the problem is rich dudes with too many horses.
There’s a nerdy dude on the next corner saying we should adopt horseless transportation.
It’s all about vision.